<p>It seems that collapse is a weight, slowing pressing down making life harder for the every-day person. </p><br><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-23/home-insurance-premiums-increase-51-per-cent-in-five-years/106308824" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Home owners struggle as insurance premiums rise more than 50 per cent in five years - ABC News</a></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/finding-job-search-struggles-savings-americans-federal-reserve-amazon-tech-2026-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Job Searches Lengthen, Savings Dwindle for Americans - Business Insider</a></p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-security-trust-fund-cbo-estimate-2032-inflation/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Social Security trust fund could run dry earlier than expected, analysis finds - CBS News</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/1rbry1i/californias_housing_crisis_has_turned_rvs_into/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">California's Housing Crisis Has Turned RVs Into Rental Properties : r/collapse</a></p><p><a href="https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/fossil-fuels/oil-supermajors-profit-nearly-half-a-trillion-dollars-since-russias-ukraine-invasion/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oil majors profit $467bn since Russia’s Ukraine invasion | Global Witness</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/1rcv4hv/maxing_out_your_401k_or_pouring_money_into_index/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Maxing out your 401(k) or pouring money into index funds makes you complicit in the problem — you're literally funding the endless, exponential-growth doomsday machine of modern capitalism. : r/collapse</a></p><br><p>Please <a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/collapsepod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">join us on Patreon</a> for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>