lotta of the doom and gloom from this thing is just symptoms from the worst underlying aspects of that unique US-dystopia. where most working class are 1 or 2 missed paychecks away complete ruin. the states/cities have better safety nets than others but across most of the country...might as well be non-existent outside of the handful of scraps the feds throw down (when those arent being actively fucked with by republicans)