I want better than collapse too. But I suspect that "they" won't allow the more pleasant alternatives happen.
An hour ago, Plague Poems touched on this topic too:
I read an article in which a prominent man declared that: “Close to a half a million who would have been working ... died from covid” and while that number is certainly disturbing it is a comfort to know that somebody is thinking about what all of this means for the economy.
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Date: 2023-Jan-16, Monday 11:25 pm (UTC)An hour ago, Plague Poems touched on this topic too: