Comment by qbasic_forever

Read Karl Marx, what we're seeing is basically what he described as the end state of capitalism. Everything gets shittier and shittier as costs go up and profits shrink. People and businesses are getting more desperate to prop up profit or make a buck. Everything suffers--worse products as costs are cut, worse service as wages stagnate to cut costs, people are more angry and stressed as their standard of living declines from frozen and falling wages. It doesn't end well... (for capitalists at least). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_theory