What you don't know wouldn't hurt you.
That's the idea people flow with when they refuse to recheck their financials.
If they're able to keep on paying these things with no problems... Then they feel there's no need to check and maybe discover or create a problem.
Yeah, trying to ignore something that is happening all around the world like inflation and the cost of living, is a good way to embrace disaster. Good luck to them, there's plenty of gutters for them to live in.