I was in a Nike store this weekend. I heard a part-time employee say:
Guy: "Man...I'm only here for 25 hours. That barely pays for gas. If gas gets any higher, it wont even be worth it to come in. I'll just quit."
Me: "People gonna flip shit if they can't get to work to pay their bills."
Guy: "Hell yea we are!"
People in the back nod.
I don't travel very far for work, so I never thought how hard inflation is hitting people who travel across town, let alone people who don't get much above minimum wage.
The powder keg leans forward a little further...stock up!
I keep telling people to prepare but they don’t listen. Many people in western countries don’t understand that our civilization economically is built on cheap energy and have never gone through a real crisis. This is why I look forward to the economic shitstorm. Society is soft and people need to toughen up.
Cheap energy and 3rd-world slave labor