

But even if temporary, the inflation will further worsen income and wealth inequalities and thereby set the US up for the next crash. They know the Fed has juiced up the potential purchasing power by flooding markets with new money.ĭemand pent up by the pandemic and the economic crashes will help, at least for a while, to support inflation. On an individual level, the rate of workers who have been quitting their jobs has been hitting record highs.Īttempts by employers to recoup profits lost over the last two years also show up in the ongoing inflation besetting the empire. This has led to official and unofficial strikes that continue amid a reawakening labor movement. This inequality fuels rising poverty and rising social divisions among the haves, the have-nots, and the increasingly anxious think-they-haves.Īttempts by employers to recoup the profits lost to the pandemic and to the capitalist crash during 20 have led many to impose additional squeezes on employees.


A desperate empire approaches a version of the Modern Monetary Theory that empire leaders mocked and rejected not very long ago.Įxtreme inequality, already a distinguishing feature of the United States, worsened during the pandemic. The Fed learned that today’s capitalism needs such quanta of monetary stimulus thanks to the three recent crashes (2000, 20) witnessed by the capitalist system. The goal is nothing less than freeing the government to inject still more massive amounts of new money into the capitalist system to sustain it in times of unprecedented difficulty. The purpose goes far beyond political squabbling over the cap on the national debt. New enemies include the devastating Heavy Weapon Dude, Mancubus and Revenant.Officials at the highest levels are now discussing the possible issuance of a trillion-dollar platinum coin to have the Fed give that sum in new credit to the US Treasury to enable more government spending. As you find out at the end of the first game the demons have beaten him there and many of Earth’s cities already lie in ruin.ĭoom 2 is similar to the first game but there are incremental improvements, as well as new enemies and a new weapon, the Super Shotgun. After defeating the demonic infestation on Mars Doom Guy steps through a portal and arrives back on Earth. Doom 2: Hell on Earth is the sequel to Doom and was released by ID Software in 1994.
