A Familiar Pattern Is Back—and It’s Getting Worse If this feels familiar, it should. The United States is once again entering a phase marked by mass layoffs, permanent store closures, and economic anxiety that spreads faster than official data can hide. This isn’t a blip. This isn’t “seasonal adjustment.” This is a structural breakdown playing out in real time. From legacy media to Big Tech, from retail chains to restaurants, the axe is falling—and it’s falling hard. We’ve seen this movie before. It didn’t end well. Media Layoffs Signal More Than a Dying Industry The collapse of major newsrooms isn’t just about clicks or changing tastes. When institutions like the Washington Post and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution slash staff, it signals…
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