[Spooky23]

For some people. I grew up in the country and sort of straddled two worlds.

The world of rural family farms was in the full out death spiral. The family farm worked for in rural NY had been in continuous operation since the 1600s, turned into a hobby farm circa 2001. All of the supporting ecosystem died as well. Walmart killed retail. The dying farms killed the equipment and tractor dealers, etc.

Then I went to college and it’s the land of the long boom.

It’s funny I wrote a paper in high school sort of predicting unrest etc in the 2020 timeframe. NAFTA, consolidation of industries and offshoring.

I had forgotten about it until recently, but found it and while some of the details were long, our current path wasn’t totally a surprise to a reasonably intelligent and observant 16 year old in the 90s!

Personally, I don’t share that dark vision. I think that while you’ll see strategic realignments that may have profound impact, life goes on.