Consolidated and Sanitized media controlled by a few brands, that coordinate propaganda messaging.

what is a predicament?

the greatest wealth concentration and inequity in american history, blatant corruption and nepotism

an out of control, bipartisan oligarchy

The majority of HN has been on the winning side of this equation, benefiting greatly from the rise of the computer, internet, and now Ai. This is not most people, we forget about them, we tell them it's their own fault when it is not. The game is not fair, it's rigged for most humans.

Michael Sandel explains it better than I can yet