Is it high prices or is it less spending power in the majority of citizens?

And then the inevitable industrial shrink caused by that seems so surprising to everyone

Public company, CEO driven to raise share price by shareholders, corners cut and pure pursuit of profit takes over everything.

This is the cancer destroying the world.

Funny observations now will turn into food and water scarcity later. The 1% will be high and dry (at least while they can grow food without an ecosystem), while the rest of us enjoy unimaginable human suffering on a massive scale.