Layoffs may not be mounting, but it’s getting harder to find a job in a labor market where hiring is “anemic” as tariff-driven economic uncertainty has put a chill on some employers.
If we know this trend is only going to continue to get worse, what are we looking at as the obvious breaking point?
There’s clearly nothing within the system that will self-correct it, so what will the point of failure and I’m even more interested if you can guess how we get around the dilemma?
Historically it has been when a significant amount of the public cannot afford to feed themselves or their families. During the Great Depression there was a lot of land to be worked and to grow food, which allowed many to still survive despite the troubling economics of the time. Now, that’s not quite the case anymore, and you’ll have more people struggling to make ends meet. When people say “bread and circuses” most people focus on the “circuses” but the reality is the bread is the more important bit.
and I’m even more interested if you can guess how we get around the dilemma?
Historically, a lot of strife, violence, blood, and vengeance. Most will suffer and die. Dark times ahead.
Pessimism is almost always correct, though I’m curious to know your non-historical thoughts as well if you have any. I don’t trust history too much; “Only thing we’ve ever learned from history is that we never learn from history”
If we know this trend is only going to continue to get worse, what are we looking at as the obvious breaking point?
There’s clearly nothing within the system that will self-correct it, so what will the point of failure and I’m even more interested if you can guess how we get around the dilemma?
I’m expecting it to happen when the AI bubble pops.
It feels like a lot of the maga hats will die cheering and waving trump flags. I don’t know if that’s historically precedented.
It’s going to be hard to make any fixes when like 30-50% of the country wants hell on earth.
Historically it has been when a significant amount of the public cannot afford to feed themselves or their families. During the Great Depression there was a lot of land to be worked and to grow food, which allowed many to still survive despite the troubling economics of the time. Now, that’s not quite the case anymore, and you’ll have more people struggling to make ends meet. When people say “bread and circuses” most people focus on the “circuses” but the reality is the bread is the more important bit.
Historically, a lot of strife, violence, blood, and vengeance. Most will suffer and die. Dark times ahead.
Pessimism is almost always correct, though I’m curious to know your non-historical thoughts as well if you have any. I don’t trust history too much; “Only thing we’ve ever learned from history is that we never learn from history”