It being a crisis implies it’s not a planned for and intentional outcome of extrationary economics and regulation not just asleep at the wheel but asleep at the colorful plastic wheel the various finance and insurance industries have had them sat behind for 5 decades, which they briefly woke up and pushed some button on back in 2008.

Ok serious question: What exactly is a “crisis”? Like, is a crisis supposed to be temporary? Unexpected? Unwanted? At the risk of starting a Pedantry War, I suspect we’re not in a crisis, thing have just gotten shittier.