However these popularized buzz words and phrases originate even if the original associated circumstance is pretty much unknown, once the phrases enter the public social-viral arena they take on a life of their own with everyone offerring their 2 bits of narrative. (like right here and now :-)) This includes those benefiting from a top down, trickle down, capitalist economy. Usually while experiencing supply and demand the term quiet quitting has a different narrative for managers on up in the economy. Immediately this upper crust crowd starts to tie the term to the endless rant of productivity statistics, or how it's affecting production of whatever. It's the same old same old for our economy style, it's all about double digit profits and how single digit profits are bad, and drone on about that. This includes the capitalist mantra known as "more growth" and that is really all that matters. Well, no not really but try to convince any CEO of this, nope. The theory of endless growth is impossible on a finite planet.

I agree that the youngers know enough math to know that the promised gravy train is a non starter, and is a false premise. I think they are for work but not for lies, and more lies, lots of them, lots!