Every few decades there's a financial crisis they are good to make a restart (just like after each war) which is what they want, worldwide, to do. Each country CBDC only, no cash, and the govrrnment decides on what to spend it.

Since the lockdown certain groceries are restricted, prices up, now packages smaller, gas in bottles is bad (burns hardly) and many sit in the cold because they can no longer pay for the high costs of living.