The whole system is so dysfunctional, it's no longer funny.

- fiscal policies (money printing)

- prevalence of bullshit jobs (70%+ of jobs are unnecessary/harmful)[0]

- exploitation of nature / future for profit motives of individuals

- systemic economic inequality

- subsidizing the most harmful things (oil, animal agriculture, plastics)

- agriculture based on degrading soils and spraying poisons

- health/medicine focused on perpetual treatment instead of prevention of diseases

If it doesn't work as it should, it's always the money somewhere behind the curtain.

One can't but think of the final chapters of the Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, where administrative workers and phone headset cleaners hoard tree leaves, in an attempt to reconstruct the economic system (note to myself: read it again).

[0] https://libcom.org/article/phenomenon-bullshit-jobs-david-gr...