It basically comes down to this: the mainstream media is playing a narrative on most things, except climate change, of optimism, especially the economy. No, there is not a recession or going to be one, as businesses are not laying off workers, and consumers are spending like there is no tomorrow. No, it is not true, there are mass layoffs, workers are being displaced. As Michael Snyder notes, the mainstream has the same optimism that was expressed back in 2008 with the Global Financial Crisis, which few predicted. It was the financial pessimists that got that one right, never taken in by the false optimism which is essential to keep the neurotic investors keeping on keeping on, and not panicking and freaking out, causing the very thing that they want to prevent. But the real test is at the street level, where across the West, particularly America, but also in Australia, the homeless are growing in number, often living on the streets in tent cities. Meanwhile governments, in hock to Big Business squeeze the population even more with Great Replacement immigration.