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Something i have been saying for a few years now is “we are in the final grift”
Endless growth cannot be sustained, the wealth gap can only get so big before it collapses on itself.
Wealthy Capitalist know this, but egocentric narcissists they are there only rationale is desperately take whatever they still can before the inevitable happens.
I've been calling it a smash and grab. It really seems like they're hard at work trying to squeeze every last bit of profit they can from the current system.