{"id":1033,"date":"2026-06-09T14:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T14:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2026-06-09T14:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T14:10:10","slug":"bernie-sanders-wants-to-wreck-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1033","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Sanders wants to wreck AI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s often said that \u201cpolitics makes strange bedfellows.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Even a partial agreement on anything between Bernie Sanders and President Trump is peculiar.\u00a0\u00a0Yet, to a certain extent, they both want A.I. companies to share<\/em> their wealth with everyday Americans (though Sanders\u2019s proposal to seize 50 percent of stock in A.I. companies, diverting it to a sovereign wealth fund, is much more extreme).\u00a0\u00a0Oh, dear \u2014 I thought we wanted to lead the A.I. race.<\/p>

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Sanders insists that A.I.-generated wealth must benefit humanity.\u00a0\u00a0He says it belongs to people, not billionaires; entrapped by his socialist dogma, he myopically views A.I. as a public resource.\u00a0\u00a0Though he doesn\u2019t go as far as Sanders (who also wants to tax the lifeblood out of A.I. companies), Trump is open to the U.S. taking ownership stakes in large A.I. companies so that everyday Americans can \u201cshare in the upside.\u201d<\/p>\n

They already do!\u00a0\u00a0Although precise returns are debated, the average 401(k) balance is up substantially over the past couple of years.\u00a0\u00a0More generally, stocks market indices are rocketing to all-time highs, and the inexorable trajectory is largely fueled by A.I. companies and their derivatives.\u00a0\u00a0Not only do millions of Americans benefit from that wealth creation via various retirement accounts, but participation is democratizing thanks to Trump Accounts.<\/p>\n

Clearly, what Sanders is dogmatically demanding is already happening, but much more efficiently than the overseers of public resources could ever implement: A.I.-generated wealth is cascading to the masses.\u00a0\u00a0(Even job growth remains perky despite dire warnings of A.I.\u2019s impact.)\u00a0\u00a0But will the wealth creation shrivel to a drivel if treated as a \u201cpublic resource\u201d under socialist government auspices?\u00a0<\/p>\n

That question leads to a consideration of \u201cthe tragedy of the commons.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0One interpretation of the tragedy is that public resources are overused (and misused) by individuals at the expense of the common good.\u00a0\u00a0Here are some examples that predate A.I. (which, remember, Sanders categorizes as a \u201cpublic resource\u201d).<\/p>\n

One of the great philosophers of antiquity contemplated the productivity ramifications of communal ownership.\u00a0\u00a0Here’s Aristotle:<\/p>\n

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That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it.\u00a0\u00a0Everyone thinks chiefly of his own, hardly at all of the common interest; and only when he is himself concerned as an individual.\u00a0\u00a0For besides other considerations, everybody is more inclined to neglect the duty which he expects another to fulfill; as in families many attendants are often less useful than a few.<\/p>

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Before returning to the socialistic ramifications of sharing<\/em> (a euphemistic word if ever there was one) A.I.\u2019s wealth, let\u2019s review a few of the many events that corroborate Aristotle\u2019s insights:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n