When my son was in kindergarten, I volunteered at the school's field day and was assigned to help organize the tug of war station. When field day was over I challenged him and his class to a tug of war. Me against a dozen or so 5 year olds. I honestly didn't know what to expect. They were all so small compared to me. Let me tell you, it wasn't even close. They trounced me in a matter of seconds. I went back to work and was working with a bunch of really smart engineers and a couple of PhD types and we discussed the idea of a strong man and a dozen 5 year olds and how the result was not at all surprising.
* This post is not about my tug of war with 5 year olds
"Most Americans live paycheck to paycheck, and many have no emergency savings—they are one crisis from homelessness. A job loss or an unexpected illness and they are where I am. They are on edge, driving bigger and faster and louder cars—a society speeding along as it disintegrates."
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a62875397/homelessness-in-america/