The psuedoscience of grifting, economics, supported by all the other baseless bullshit introduced around Reagan's time like paying to view scholarly articles and credit scores have created a horrifying reality for anyone outside of the billionaire class.

The whole Gamestop stock debacle proved to a younger me in Business school that economics are based on nothing but the belief that people actually play by the rules when politicians will insider trade and block the "free market" if they accrue too much against them. It disproved everything I learned