Y*ut*be becomes The Department for the New Middle Class

Y*ut*be has become a department for the new middle class, a structured, corporate-controlled system where digital laborers work tirelessly and entertainment is mass-produced for consumption.

The New Middle Class in the AI Age

The new middle class in the AI age isn’t the traditional middle class of stable jobs, homeownership, and long-term financial security. Instead, it consists of a digital labor force, a generation of workers who depend on tech platforms, algorithms, and AI-driven systems to make a living.

This group includes content creators, freelance designers, video editors, online educators, and social media managers, people who produce digital goods and services but don’t own the infrastructure they work on. Unlike the old middle class, they lack union protections, fixed salaries, and long-term career stability. Their income fluctuates based on platform policies, algorithm shifts, and audience engagement.

AI plays a central role in shaping this new class. While automation replaces traditional jobs, it also creates demand for digital workers who train, curate, and compete with AI-generated content. A Y*ut*be creator today isn’t just competing with other humans, they’re also competing with AI-generated videos, synthetic influencers, and machine-curated recommendations.

At the same time, tech giants control who gets visibility and who gets buried. The new middle class doesn’t own their audience; platforms do. One algorithm change can wipe out years of effort. They work hard but remain trapped in a system that profits from their labor while offering them little control.

The Digital Labor Force

The new middle class isn’t the same as before. It is made up of digital laborers, content creators, editors, designers, and streamers who work endless hours producing videos to survive in the algorithm. But unlike traditional middle-class workers with stable pay, these creators live off unpredictable ad revenue, unstable sponsorships, and ever-changing platform policies.

Yutbe has turned into a massive department building, where these laborers clock in daily, fighting for visibility in an oversaturated market. They work, but they don’t own the platform. They create, but their content is disposable. They bring in revenue, but the biggest cut goes to the corporation.

Digital Products Are Worthless Here

For labor artists, musicians, designers, and animators, Yutbe is a department store where art is given away for free. Music plays in the background of someone’s vlog. Illustrations are turned into thumbnails. Animations are used as transitions. All without proper pay.

Yutbe doesn’t respect digital products. It monetizes attention, not artistry. The only value is in how long people watch, how many ads they click, and how much data can be extracted. Creativity is secondary. Art is a tool to keep people scrolling.

Storage Is Running Out, Control Is Expanding

Yutbe used to be an endless archive of content. Now, it is deleting old videos, limiting storage, and pushing creators toward short-form content. Why? Because Google is investing in the next phase of technology, quantum computing, AI advancements, and new data-heavy industries. They don’t want to store old videos forever. They want fresh content that keeps people engaged right now.

For digital laborers, this means their work is temporary. One day, their entire backlog could disappear, all in the name of progress. Their creativity? A disposable resource.

The Department Never Closes

Yutbe has become the ultimate department building for the new middle class, always open, always demanding more. The digital laborers work without real ownership. The artists create without real pay. The consumers watch without realizing they are just data points in a system designed for profit.

Decreasing Self-Esteem to Infinity

Every ad is calculated. If you search for motivation, you get ads telling you you’re not productive enough. If you watch fitness content, you’re hit with supplements and diet plans that make you question your body. If you follow self-care routines, brands will convince you that your skincare isn’t working.

Ads don’t just sell products. They sell insecurity.

The worst part? You don’t even realize it’s happening.

You think you’re just watching a video, but ads are shaping how you see yourself. Every click, every pause, every second of watch time is data used to decide what insecurity to target next.

You see a luxury travel vlog, and suddenly your life feels boring. A "day in my life" video, and your routine seems unproductive. A tech review, and your phone feels outdated. You didn’t feel this way before watching. But now? You do.

For creators, it is even more brutal. The algorithm forces you to constantly outperform your last video. If you’re not growing, you’re invisible. If you don’t keep up, you disappear. The pressure eats away at your confidence. Every piece of content feels like a test. Every upload feels like a gamble.

Y*ut*be doesn’t just monetize attention. It monetizes self-worth. The more insecure you feel, the longer you stay. The longer you stay, the more ads you see.

And the cycle never stops.

For digital laborers, the new middle class of Y*ut*be, the cycle is even worse. You create content, but your value isn’t based on creativity or effort. It’s based on how well your videos keep people watching and how much ad revenue they generate. If engagement drops, you feel like you’re failing. If the algorithm ignores you, your work feels worthless.

Creators hustle, optimize, and chase visibility, but Y*ut*be always controls the game. You work for the system. The system profits from you.

And at the end of the day? Self-esteem? Still in the negatives.