The US speedrunning its way to reactionary techno feudalism surely is not helping
oshie57 on
If you don’t feel like you have a future it’s hard to find happiness.
gnalon on
It is funny that people try to brush Covid under the rug. The vast majority of Americans under 30 saw first-hand that their government sees them as completely disposable and meaningless, to be thrown to the meat grinder in a global pandemic since corporate shareholder value is more important than any number of their lives
Jesse-359 on
Yeah, that happens when one of your political parties wholeheartedly embraces the formation of a fascist dictatorship and makes a mockery of the rule of law by turning it into a completely partisan weapon.
shiva14b on
Not just the ones under 30!
Toadfinger on
What do you expect? Whatever career they choose, they have to learn how to grow food or they’ll end up starving to death. Because of the power the fossil fuel industry has over global leaders.
EDIT: word
stuve98 on
As a 26 year old with ADHD in the US, yep. It is actually so hard to look forward to anything at this point for younger adults because we don’t even have an opportunity for a good future. If my parents weren’t retired and letting me live with them, I’d be fucked beyond comparison in this job market with my ADHD and panic disorder, even with my Bachelor’s degree.
Lumpy_Bit_2975 on
Been thinking lately, It seems the only thing our leaders care about is pulling all the money to the top. The well-being of humans is not the goal. Rich people have all the money and will keep all the money and everyone else will work hard and barely survive, if that. The leaders also don’t seem to care about polution, extinction, or education
lonjerpc on
I think most people are going to blame economic conditions or the rise of Trump. But despite being as libral as they come I think its loneliness not politics or economics.
sane_sober61 on
That would all change if we give these young people hope for financial independence and placed the country’s welfare ahead of that of the wealthy.
Sixstringsickness on
Jee, I can’t imagine why!?
I cannot comprehend why the ultra wealthy don’t understand that there will be REDUCED profits for their companies by destroying the middle class and workforce!
Property values will crater if no one can afford them! Businesses will close, quarterly profits will be a blood bath, stock prices will evaporate… Eventually the U.S. dollar will be devalued, what is their endgame?
R50cent on
Guy in his late 30s here.
I don’t feel much better
devo_inc on
That’s odd. I heard that the rest of the world is raving how „hot“ the US is right now. Maybe they meant the temperature.
Ownuyasha on
Yea just turned 40 and can definitely say this sentiment is true for us as well, we got many once in a lifetime recessions, bailouts and overall shafting
No_Wonder3907 on
And their family and relatives voted for it. Or didn’t vote. At all. So. Now what?
scyyythe on
>In the latest World Happiness Report, the U.S. has fallen to 24th place worldwide, its lowest ranking since the study began. The sharpest drop is among young Americans under 30, whose reported life satisfaction has fallen so steeply that, if measured on their own, the U.S. would not even place in the top 60.
LogicalJudgement on
I would love to see how much social media plays in that as Gen Z is the most social media addicted. No shade, I am a Millennial, but I am noticing social media has a big part in unhappiness.
ralanr on
Just the ones under 30?
Buddy, I’m 31 and I’ve been feeling like curling up into a ball on my couch to slip between the cushions like loose change, lost and forgotten.
zjm555 on
Could it be the combination of requiring a white collar job in order to have health insurance, plus white collar jobs being more and more unattainable?
Nah, must be trans women in sports… or maybe _immigrants_ picking crops.
DoeEsLiefOfzo on
Being American justifies being miserable. Your a miserable lot.
Grumpalumpahaha on
It’s a generation of people who grew up on social media consuming up a non-stop supply of regurgitated negative doomerism.
Raiderboy105 on
There needs to be a mass revelation amongst people supporting the status quo as to its true effects and not the sanitized version of pseudoreality it gives off. Too many people just straight up *delude* themselves as to the state of the world environmentally, financially, and beyond. Some out of fear, others because it benefits them to play dumb, but at the end of the day people need to finally acknowledge that the choices we are making are directly linked to all the problems in society and reframe their worldview to make appropriate, pro social and pro human choices.
Penetrator_Gator on
But the stock marked is record high :/
espressocycle on
Other countries have unaffordable housing, social media, etc.
golden_pinky on
Well the future belongs to the millionaire and billionaires, what are they supposed to look forward to?
Expensive_Panic_2738 on
A country with terrible healthcare or no healthcare unless you’re rich. People working full time jobs unable to afford housing. Education to gain mobility, unaffordable. No end insight but only decades of things getting worse based on current policies. What are they supposed to feel happy or hopeful about?
TheAncient1sAnd0s on
More antidepressants for everyone!
KevSardonic on
People over 30 are feeling miserable too.
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The US speedrunning its way to reactionary techno feudalism surely is not helping
If you don’t feel like you have a future it’s hard to find happiness.
It is funny that people try to brush Covid under the rug. The vast majority of Americans under 30 saw first-hand that their government sees them as completely disposable and meaningless, to be thrown to the meat grinder in a global pandemic since corporate shareholder value is more important than any number of their lives
Yeah, that happens when one of your political parties wholeheartedly embraces the formation of a fascist dictatorship and makes a mockery of the rule of law by turning it into a completely partisan weapon.
Not just the ones under 30!
What do you expect? Whatever career they choose, they have to learn how to grow food or they’ll end up starving to death. Because of the power the fossil fuel industry has over global leaders.
EDIT: word
As a 26 year old with ADHD in the US, yep. It is actually so hard to look forward to anything at this point for younger adults because we don’t even have an opportunity for a good future. If my parents weren’t retired and letting me live with them, I’d be fucked beyond comparison in this job market with my ADHD and panic disorder, even with my Bachelor’s degree.
Been thinking lately, It seems the only thing our leaders care about is pulling all the money to the top. The well-being of humans is not the goal. Rich people have all the money and will keep all the money and everyone else will work hard and barely survive, if that. The leaders also don’t seem to care about polution, extinction, or education
I think most people are going to blame economic conditions or the rise of Trump. But despite being as libral as they come I think its loneliness not politics or economics.
That would all change if we give these young people hope for financial independence and placed the country’s welfare ahead of that of the wealthy.
Jee, I can’t imagine why!?
I cannot comprehend why the ultra wealthy don’t understand that there will be REDUCED profits for their companies by destroying the middle class and workforce!
Property values will crater if no one can afford them! Businesses will close, quarterly profits will be a blood bath, stock prices will evaporate… Eventually the U.S. dollar will be devalued, what is their endgame?
Guy in his late 30s here.
I don’t feel much better
That’s odd. I heard that the rest of the world is raving how „hot“ the US is right now. Maybe they meant the temperature.
Yea just turned 40 and can definitely say this sentiment is true for us as well, we got many once in a lifetime recessions, bailouts and overall shafting
And their family and relatives voted for it. Or didn’t vote. At all. So. Now what?
>In the latest World Happiness Report, the U.S. has fallen to 24th place worldwide, its lowest ranking since the study began. The sharpest drop is among young Americans under 30, whose reported life satisfaction has fallen so steeply that, if measured on their own, the U.S. would not even place in the top 60.
I would love to see how much social media plays in that as Gen Z is the most social media addicted. No shade, I am a Millennial, but I am noticing social media has a big part in unhappiness.
Just the ones under 30?
Buddy, I’m 31 and I’ve been feeling like curling up into a ball on my couch to slip between the cushions like loose change, lost and forgotten.
Could it be the combination of requiring a white collar job in order to have health insurance, plus white collar jobs being more and more unattainable?
Nah, must be trans women in sports… or maybe _immigrants_ picking crops.
Being American justifies being miserable. Your a miserable lot.
It’s a generation of people who grew up on social media consuming up a non-stop supply of regurgitated negative doomerism.
There needs to be a mass revelation amongst people supporting the status quo as to its true effects and not the sanitized version of pseudoreality it gives off. Too many people just straight up *delude* themselves as to the state of the world environmentally, financially, and beyond. Some out of fear, others because it benefits them to play dumb, but at the end of the day people need to finally acknowledge that the choices we are making are directly linked to all the problems in society and reframe their worldview to make appropriate, pro social and pro human choices.
But the stock marked is record high :/
Other countries have unaffordable housing, social media, etc.
Well the future belongs to the millionaire and billionaires, what are they supposed to look forward to?
A country with terrible healthcare or no healthcare unless you’re rich. People working full time jobs unable to afford housing. Education to gain mobility, unaffordable. No end insight but only decades of things getting worse based on current policies. What are they supposed to feel happy or hopeful about?
More antidepressants for everyone!
People over 30 are feeling miserable too.