>>35589420Boom/bust cycles is a core tenet of neoliberalism. It's inevitable every generation will have to face one every few years. They need to tank the economy so economic vultures like Blackrock can gobble up all the foreclosed houses and small businesses and turn them into rental units or another Starbucks. It's also necessary to fuel the military, they're facing record lows in recruitment because people aren't desperate enough to join if they're not in crippling debt. It's all so bleak.