I wish this wasn't true but is...

The end road is the long term debt cycle breaks and our economic system is once again reshuffled. The unfortunate part of that is it happens roughly every 75-100 years and typically involves a major global conflict and multi-decade depression. Buckle up buckaroos!

the corporate world maxed out profits during Covid and now somehow has to still show quarterly improvements

Ugh. Yes. I've never quite thought about it in terms that simple, but sadly it's 100% correct.

Endless year-over-year growth is entirely unsustainable, but the corporate world will hear none of it, because they won't be the victims. They can continue to socialize losses and privatize profits to keep the system propped up for a long time. I don't think it's forever, but realistically it's going to take a revolution-level event to put an end to it. If the only other option is to wait it out, I fear we won't even see improvement in our lifetimes -- we'll just continue falling into this dystopia.

Laughs in Finland (public healthcare includes dental stuff)

Remembers the fascist coalition government with Nazi ministers

Sad noises

Same in Canada, I don't know why it's so common around the world that 'universal healthcare' actually means 'universal healthcare minus teeth'.

You wouldn't believe how hard it is to find a holodeck dentist in simulated victorian England.