If IT collapses, the pain won't stop at tech: real estate, dining and retail will feel it too
dhruv2038 · x · 2026-09-27
- @volklub warns that an IT sector collapse would ripple beyond tech into real estate, tourism, restaurants, cafés, autos and apparel.
- The mechanism is simple consumer psychology: once job security is in doubt, a ₹500 coffee or ₹7,500 pair of shoes stops being a casual purchase.
- The retweeter endorses the view that consumption contraction will transmit across the broader economy.
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