Not only have the lockdowns killed a ton of companies and resulted in severe unemployment that will get worse with every single day this continues, but you also have the central banks around the world trying to "fix" the numbers and stock market by printing a shit-ton of money that will eventually come home to roost as severe inflation. Most normal people are priced out of ever owning the home they live in, and prices for a ton of daily goods are also starting to increase and both of these problems are going to continue to get worse as any change to the interest rates or monetary easing insanity will result in a crash of the stock market as this is the only thing still keeping it in a good shape.
The FED and similar institutions around the world have backed themselves into a corner with this crap, and regardless of how exactly it ends, its going to get messy.
(judging by any historical precedent that remotely compares)
Currently things are still somewhat stable, but when a loaf of bread is 50$ thanks to 'rona stimulus Nr.15 and rent will go through the roof as the value of the property itself does,
you are going to see some real shit unfolding.
Or the central banks attempt to backpedal the printing and you will see investors flying off of rooftops again with a similar amount of instability as all the so called
Zombie Companies kick the bucket left and right because the free loans keeping them alive all dry up.
All of this is some kind of perverted economical experiment and by now its far too late to stop or even properly control any of it. They can try to keep the momentum going but the path back to normality is one of big trouble.
Add that to ever worsening political radicalisation and you get a very wild ride altogether imo.
Not only do you get the perfect breeding ground for some large scale civil conflict, but you also have enough people in the mood to fuck up whomever they hate.
Is this going to be bad enough to end society the way we know it ? No idea. Bad enough to count as a historically relevant shit show for decades to come ? Probably.
Although, to be fair, this isnt just a US problem. Its going to be nasty wherever the central banks are playing sandbox-mode with the financial system.
