The 2028 AI Election-And Why Abundance Might Make It Irrelevant
Predictions and Timelines for 2026-2028
Imagine the 2028 debate stage, but instead of red ties and blue pantsuits arguing it is a crowded stage with glowing AI chips clashing with human hearts. Democrats railing against corporate AI overlords claiming with AI the rich will just get richer, while Republicans defending privacy from big tech giants that control AI. However this wasn’t 2028 on the debate stage, that was this year in 2025 with Bernie Sanders and Ron DeSantis. It’s a brewing storm that is all ready crossing party lines with potential to destroy the traditional political landscape.
“Pro-AI vs ‘Pro-Human’: The Divide That’s Coming.”
In this piece, we’ll explore how the Pro-AI vs Anti-AI (’Pro-Human’) divide is crossing traditional parties, fueled by fears of job loss and external risks. We are going to debunk the dangerous doom rhetoric with historical facts and industrial/tech revolutions. Then we will go through why I believe rapid acceleration (driven by figures like Trump) prioritizing free-market innovation over China could deliver double digit GDP growth by the end of 2026, making abundance undeniable for everyday Americans. This is however a speculative take and the path this AI Era takes will be hard to predict. Let’s look at the fault lines already forming.
The Cross-Party Anti-AI Coalition
Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on building datacenters due to concerns of the environment and job displacement fears, he released a report in 2025 that estimates 100 million jobs are at risk. Ron DeSantis showed support for a Florida AI bill to protect privacy and mental health. The traditional party lines for a new coalition one being equity focused and one being populist protectionism. There is also rising backlash you see on X when it comes to AI art, code, and writing. Calling anything slop even with the exponential growth we’ve seen since 2023.
Why ‘Pro-Human’ Branding will Dominate
Both Anti-AI Dems and Rep will try to pivot as “pro-Human” it’s not good to be seen as Anti anything their goal will be to frame AI as a threat to jobs, ethics, and planetary resources. We have seen this all ready taking form. In reality they will be simply supporting the status quote. Resource scarcity, broken politics, inflationary policies. AI is a general purpose technology and like all general purpose technologies bring about deflation, democratization and disrupt industries. Fueling massive growth and prosperity.
Debunking the Job Apocalypse: Lessons from History
Bank Tellers:
In the 1970’s the world was concerned about ATM’s displacing Bank Tellers. Predictions from 75%-99% of bank tellers would be replaced in 10 years. What people didn’t predict ATM and automation made it cheaper and easier to open bank branches. The amount of bank branches skyrocketed and instead of only 300,000 bank tellers back in the 1970’s and by 2010 there were around 600,000 bank teller jobs. Something similar will happen with AI, AI will make owning and operating any business easier and lower the cost it takes to start a business. I think it is likely we see a boom in 2026 of new small businesses starts up any jobs displaced by AI will end up being needed for a budding and growing economy. Giving more opportunity for the general public.
Chess Engines/ Therapists:
IBM’s Deep Blue beat Grand Master Gary Kasparov in a chess game in 1997. Everyone thought that was going to be the beginning of the end of Chess as a game. It’s no doubt that chess engines crush humans at chess. However humans plus chess engines in a game called “Freestyle Chess” where humans and engines come together and battle against either just humans or just engines the engine/human augmentation out preforms both. That being said we can assume a lot of people will use chat bots as Therapists most of these people have no healthcare support or money to pay for a Therapist. This shouldn’t be a threat to Therapists if we apply the same logic used for Chess Engines. The augmentation of Therapist/AI will make human Therapists more efficient and accuracy in helping clients in a shorter amount of time, giving them more time to take in more clients and with the market opening up to more clients Therapists can lower their prices and take on more clients while earning more per year.
The Accelerationist Bet and Abundance Vision
I’m betting everything accelerates so hard and fast the Pro-AI vs Anti-AI fight fizzles out by 2028. With Trump’s deregulation unleashing the free market, AI and robotics could drive double digit GDP growth by end of 2026 (far beyond mainstream forecasts “1.9%-2.6%”). Optimists like Musk and ARK invest see this as inevitable: Converging tech booms slashing costs, exploding productivity. For the average family: Cheaper everything from robot optimized logistics. Higher wages as AI augments knowledge work. Better healthcare via Human/AI working together. Post scarcity isn’t an elite fantasy. It very well could be on its way to Main Street, proving the analogies in real time. Of course, this is just a speculative bet. The AI era could veer off in countless directions.
Concluding Thoughts
We have traced the rising Pro-AI vs ‘Pro-Human’ divide crossing party lines, debunking job fears with historical parallels, and envisioned acceleration delivering undeniable abundance by 2026 potentially rendering the 2028 debate moot. Trumps pro-innovation stance gives me hope for speed, but ultimately, it’s up to builders and markets to prove it. “This article is highly speculative and the AI era could unfold in many ways: slower adoption, unforeseen risks, or even faster breakthroughs. We might see a third-party rise, deeper polarization, or global events flipping the script entirely.
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