I concur- we are locked into an extractive system.
The country I’m from? Collapse is accelerating and within this year, I’ve seen it turn into a draconian dictatorship. All dissent has been muzzled. Journos disappear. Blatant assassinations. Demonstrators from all classes are jailed and tortured. Women protesters from elite classes are in filthy jails with little hope of seeing daylight. They’ll be tried by military courts! To make an example of. It’s never happened before. The message is clear— no one will be spared.
Frightful.