I would agree from a non-American but still western view. Where I grew up is looking more like the awful economy of the 70s and 80s in which it was in middle of

I would agree from a non-American but still western view. Where I grew up is looking more like the awful economy of the 70s and 80s in which it was in middle of an armed conflict. Unemployment and suicide is already high here. Many feel a lack of future. We had been doing better but there was some backsliding these past few years. This has just sealed its fate for a decade or more. I'm lucky in my position but many haven't been.