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When AI Replaces Workers… Who’s Left to Buy? There’s a massive race happening right now. Every company wants to become “AI-first.” Faster operations, lower costs, higher margins — it sounds like the ultimate upgrade. And in the short term, it probably is. But there’s a detail that doesn’t get enough attention: The people being replaced by AI… are also the same people who buy products. If companies aggressively cut jobs and replace workers with AI systems, profits may rise at first. Costs drop, efficiency improves, margins expand. Everyone looks like a winner. Until something quietly starts to break. Fewer employed people means less spending power Less spending power means weaker demand And weaker demand eventually hits the same companies that optimized so well Now add another layer: governments are unlikely to ignore rising unemployment. A realistic response could be higher taxes on companies that replace workers with AI, with that money redistributed as soci...