White-collar 'bloodbath' could displace up to 40 million US jobs — leading edge already visible with 1.1M+ US job cuts in 2025 where AI was explicitly cited as primary culprit. Without UBI ($1,000/month funded by AI-compute + VAT taxes), automation wav...

White-collar 'bloodbath' could displace up to 40 million US jobs — leading edge already visible with 1.1M+ US job cuts in 2025 where AI was explicitly cited as primary culprit. Without UBI ($1,000/month funded by AI-compute + VAT taxes), automation wave will sever the work-income tie and trigger consumer-demand collapse, societal unrest. | Next Challenger Gray AI-layoff report >200K/month

Key catalyst: Next Challenger Gray AI-layoff report >200K/month

Watch events: Challenger Gray monthly reports; BLS AI-attributed layoffs

Challenger Gray 2025 tracking shows ~800K US layoffs with AI-attribution growing; 1.1M+ figure plausible. 40M represents ~25% of US workforce — aggressive.

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