🃏 PowerNote | The McDonald’s Warning

K-Shaped Economy

K Shaped Economy

🃏 PowerNote | The McDonald’s Warning — K-Shaped Economy
Series: Project 2550 | Thunderous Hearts | Truth Engine™ Ledger Edition
Suit: ♦ Diamonds (Value / Extraction / Illusion)

In the glow of a digital menu board, America’s story is told in gold arches and missing customers.

The illusion says growth.
The ledger says extraction.

McDonald’s didn’t suddenly become a luxury brand — the dollar became a parody of itself.
The low-income base, once the most loyal consumer class, is gone — priced out of the last “affordable” meal.
The wealthy have traded down, the middle holds on by debt, and the headlines still call it recovery.

This isn’t just the end of value.
It’s the proof of bifurcation — the split in the K that Wall Street won’t chart.

On one arm, the high-flying minority clinks glasses and rebrands austerity as “innovation.”
On the other, the working class disappears into debt, dollar menus turned mirages.

A $15 combo meal is the new consumer warning label.
It reads: You are not invited to the illusion anymore.

💡 Truth Engine Reflection
When “value” disappears, the truth shows up on the menu.
Every price tag is a confession of policy.
Every empty register is an indictment of design.

CTA:
Watch where the lines form — not in the markets, but in the drive-thru.
That’s the pulse of the people.
That’s the sound of a system out of sync.

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TJ Baden | Creator Human ™