And they'll remain that way until it costs them, maybe even past that. Some will not see.

But the system does not exist in a vacuum. The world is changing rapidly and the rest of the globe is catching on to our ways. As they extricate themselves from our grip, the repercussions will be felt here at home. Hence why the administration is so hell-bent on the "rules-based order". They know that once it's gone, the jig is up. Once we can't export our inflation anymore, all of the overhead in our economy is going to get shredded and perhaps we'll return to an economy that produces actual value instead of hype.