[vehemenz]

The style is reminiscent of an eighth grade essay. The thesis is as trite and obvious as they come.

For bonus points, the writer cites sources without linking to them, including Forbes—the worst pay-to-play publication out there.

[civilized]

Citing without linking is something I've seen ChatGPT do. It knows this sort of article should contain this sort of citation but doesn't know or care what to actually link.

The second half of the article seems more authentic though. I'm not sure ChatGPT would come up with "the middle class comes from economic friction" (paraphrasing).