Every time the media talks about a "cost of living crisis," they frame it like a passing storm. We are told to just weather it.

But when the cost of basic survival skyrockets and wages stagnate, we are looking at a permanent, systemic downward shift in class. Wealth is actively being extracted upward into assets the rest of us do not own. People are being quietly squeezed into poverty while working full time. The baseline of a secure life is being dismantled, and our diminished quality of life is exactly how the top tier is securing their gains.

Sabriel enjoying yesterday's snowfall

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