We value your privacy
This site uses cookies to improve your browsing experience, analyze site traffic, and show personalized content.
Permanent Underclass — The segment of the population that occupies the lowest possible position in a class hierarchy, characterized by persistent poverty, chronic unemployment, and social exclusion from mainstream economic structures. Originally coined by sociologists to describe groups "cut off from the rest of society," the term has evolved in 2025 to encompass those displaced by AI automation. The term Permanent underclass has been popping up all over social media recently and on twitter every few minutes https://x.com/search?q=permanent%20underclass&src=typed_query&f=live with multiple posts going viral. The future of AI is scary, and this phenomenon will only become more prevalent as AGI technology improves (add stuff here) Introducing "Permanent Underclass" [$PU]