A new global report, the "Billionaire Ambitions Report 2025," reveals a stark and growing divide in global society, exposing how the world's richest individuals perceive and plan for the future amidst escalating crises. The report highlights that super-rich wealth has reached an unprecedented $15.8 trillion, marking a 13% increase in just one year. This immense accumulation of wealth is accompanied by plans to transfer nearly six trillion dollars of dynastic power to their descendants, solidifying wealth within bloodlines. This occurs while the vast majority, the 99%, grapple with immediate threats such as floods, hunger, and repression.

The report vividly illustrates a "tale of two realities" contrasting the perspectives of Gen Z and billionaires. While the super-rich openly acknowledge climate collapse as a significant "challenge for young people," only 14% believe it poses an imminent threat to their own fortunes. More than half of billionaires identify climate change as a major hurdle for future generations, yet their primary concerns revolve around tariffs, taxes, and market volatility impacting their profits. This striking divergence suggests that the elite are aware of global challenges but are banking on their insulation from the direct consequences, anticipating they will be unaffected or protected when these crises fully manifest.

The current economic structure is described as "rigged," designed to benefit the ultra-rich at the expense of the 99%. This system, characterized as "organised looting," sees the 1% achieving record returns from the struggles of others. The most severe impacts of climate collapse and economic exploitation are felt in regions historically drained by colonial extraction. Corporations and wealthy individuals profit by building bunkers and monetizing "solutions" that are then sold back to the affected populations. Furthermore, democracies are depicted as being under attack, with corporate money and authoritarian forces collaborating to suppress rights and hope.

A critical component of this rigged system is the crippling debt burden on the Global South. Multinationals, primarily from the Global North, extract resources and stash profits offshore, leading to underfunded public services and austerity measures. Simultaneously, Global South governments are forced to pay exorbitant interest to rich lenders, diverting funds from essential public services like hospitals, schools, and clean water. In fact, 22 African governments spend more on servicing debt than on healthcare, illustrating a system where people are dying to fuel billionaire wealth accumulation.

The report argues that multilateralism, intended for global cooperation, has been weaponized by the 1%. This situation is exacerbated by political shifts, such as President Donald Trump's perceived dismantling of G20 work on inequality and climate. For decades, global institutions have been criticized for imposing structural reforms and debt that drive economies into chaos, forcing cuts to public goods. However, the narrative shifts with a declaration from the "We The 99 People’s Summit," held as a counterpoint to the G20. This declaration signals a global uprising from the 99%, asserting a collective refusal to accept the current system.

Amidst these crises, youth-led street protests are emerging across continents, from Chiapas to Karachi and Nairobi to Belém. Gen Z and the 99% are actively reclaiming their economies, bodies, lands, and futures, determined to take back control from a rigged system. The "We The 99 People’s Summit" has outlined a 10-point roadmap for the future, advocating for a new system accountable to people and the planet, not the 1%. Key proposals include taxing the super-rich, Big Tech, and multinationals; closing tax havens and shell companies; canceling illegitimate debt; enforcing corporate accountability; making polluters pay; investing in climate justice; valuing and redistributing care work; securing food sovereignty; protecting civic space and cultural rights; and ending occupation and genocide. The message is clear: the elites have had their turn, and now "We The 99 Percent" are seizing power, asserting that the future belongs to the many, not the few.