YOU folks know major economic problems are on the horizon, I know as well, and so do THEY the NEW & OLD elites. They are still printing and releasing billions of paper dollars into the market to temporarily appease the " we are entitled" crowd, whilst they themselves diversify into gold, silver, bitcoin, property, land etc.
From the rich cross party ruling OLD money elite with their homes on those isolated little islands down the east coast ( Hamptons?? ) to the Big Tech NEW money BIG TECH boys with their bunkers, retreats, isolated homesteads, gated secure communities etc. The ordinary (sic) silly rich with their little Caribbean islands and mega yachts etc and of course the likes of Bezos and Gates who have bought up tens of thousands of acres of farmland (and low population scrubland) .
Have y'all noticed how why the people in charge constantly rail against us ordinary people who choose to live off grid, self sufficient, prepper or homesteader lifestyles. With ever more laws and restrictions on our water supplies, wells, bore holes, sewage systems, power supplies, heritage seeds, home schooling, house building regulations, guns and security equipment, animal welfare rules and other constraints they appear to really dislike people they cannot easily control?
Yet the elites themselves are quietly moving to build or buy retreats, bunkers, homesteads etc buying islands or remote farms with levels of independence we can only dream of?
The writing is on the wall , its there to be read, will you read it and take every SENSIBLE and CONSIDERED steps you can to improve your preps as best you can within your ability and budget. I dont think doing nothing is a viable option.