What we're witnessing might be less of a collapse and more of an economy hitting its stride after riding two decades of explosive consumer expansion. There's a real difference between something breaking down and something simply maturing—market cycles work that way. After hypergrowth phases, you naturally see consolidation, normalization of metrics, and a shift in how the system operates. That doesn't mean failure; it often means the market is finally finding equilibrium and shedding unsustainable dynamics from the boom years.