I simply responded to what you wrote, without assumption or prejudice. This is a far more interesting statement: “The restaurant industry is brittle and consol

I simply responded to what you wrote, without assumption or prejudice. This is a far more interesting statement: “The restaurant industry is brittle and consolidating, and the the American middle class might not be strong enough to support it anymore. Recent events just magnify the weaknesses of the existing system.“ If that is what you intended to communicate, then maybe that is what you should have written. I would conjecture that it describes much of the US economy, not just the food service industry.