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The Next US Presidential Election Will Be About AI

by Nathan Gardels

Published 2026-06-09 16:08:56+00:00

If productivity no longer requires a paycheck, how will a democracy decide who gets a share?

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Context

Published on 9 June 2026, this piece observes how the 2028 presidential race is already being shaped by the friction between silicon and society. It moves past the usual alarmism to consider the emerging debate over who owns the wealth generated by machines. The central tension involves a choice between taxing the winners or ensuring every citizen has a direct stake in the technology. The writing captures a moment where even the sharpest political divides are beginning to blur around the idea of a shared digital future.

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An examination of how artificial intelligence is expected to define the 2028 U.S. presidential election. Proposals for managing economic disruption include both traditional redistributive taxation and pre-distributive models like universal basic capital and sovereign wealth funds. These frameworks reflect an emerging bipartisan interest in public equity stakes as a mechanism to address the decoupling of productivity from labor income.

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