I can only agree with you, quite frankly it's frightening. I enjoy watching political and economic podcasts about Europe, America and Asia on YouTube. One can dismiss a lot of information on YouTube as exaggerated rubbish, and so it was when I started to read and listen to lectures about the fall of Western civilization, now I'm not so sure it's rubbish, in fact I'm becoming convinced that it's true,
There isn't just an economic decline but a moral one as well combined with weak and inept leaders in every major country especially noticeable in the new American administration. The world's economies are no longer being managed by elected politicians but by large corporations, banks, land owners and shareholders. Quick money is the basis for decisions now, not logical paths forward for sustainable industry and commerce, globalization has destroyed local industries and AI will no doubt deliver the 'coup de grace.' The creeping poverty for pensioners, homelessness and rising unemployment coupled with the declining power of FIAT currencies could usher in Victorian like living conditions made worse by by the power of states to gather data on its citizens.