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Modern societies can continue to function even after their structures lift. They consume, circulate, and appear active. What disappears is not motion-but support. This book examines how industrial removal, supply chain distance, and the separation of work from daily life gradually hollow out social stability-often without immediate collapse. The result is a system that still runs, yet no longer carries ordinary people with the same reliability. Rather than proposing policies or ideological solutions, this book focuses on structure: how labor anchors communities, how production supports consumption, and why certain forms of stability cannot be replaced by finance, narrative, or redistribution alone. Through a layered analysis of life-support industries, industrial foundations, and the social consequences of their absence, the book argues that recovery is not a matter of speed or stimulus, but of return-return to production that remains, work that absorbs, and structures that hold. The discussion does not center on blame, reform agendas, or political alignment. It examines patterns that unfold over decades, often visible only in hindsight, and asks readers to observe how these patterns manifest in everyday life. This book does not ask readers to agree. It asks them to recognize what is already there.

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