Shelves half-stocked. Flights canceled. Heat frying power grids. Every system seems stretched to the breaking point. “Resilience” is the word officials use when they mean “fragile but not yet collapsed.”
Gas prices eased a little, but groceries still bite. Airlines overbook and under-deliver, then shrug. Meanwhile politicians argue whether the word “recession” has six letters or seven.
Ordinary life feels like living in a supply chain diagram. You’re not a citizen, you’re a node. And the nodes keep failing.