Americans under 30 are so miserable that the U.S. just fell to a historically low ranking in the world happiness report
In the annual World Happiness Report, the U.S. drops to no.24, its lowest position in the list's 13-year history.
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Checking in with the chorus of over 30s that basically don't expect good things to happen again.
Only good thing that happened in awhile was the united healthcare CEO getting what was coming to him.
We need more rich people to suffer the same fate if we ever want things to change. Arguing isn't going to work because they control the discussion.
Keep in mind, rich people kill poor people every day. Directly, and indirectly. Someone died in a robbery because a poor person was chasing that rich lifestyle? Blame the ruling class. Someone committed suicide because they have no prospects in life other than serving in dead-end jobs? Blame the ruling class. Somebody shot up a school because they have no prospects in life other than serving in dead-end jobs? Blame the ruling class.
Why don't we have the resources to build and repair communities? Because any excesses we have go to the ruling class, not the people who actually need it.
It's fucked. I genuinely hope we have mass executions for the ruling class and their children at this point if they do not willingly give over their wealth.
It would be a small price to pay for all the damage they've done over generations that will take generations to fix.
Well over 30.
I'm 95% certain our quality of life is going to degrade for the remainder of our lives in this country.
I'm not even going out of my way to be pessimistic. I've been alive for a while now and all the signs point to this being our future.
And it was all easily avoidable with even just a little common sense and critical thinking skills from average Americans.
Needless to say, I'm not really a fan of humans anymore. We're pretty stupid animals.
I often wonder where we would be at if the hanging chads went the other way.
I wonder that, myself, but I am not at all sure how Al Gore would have handled the aftermath of 9/11. (I don't mean the crisis itself, but rather the blame game that was sure to come afterwards).
While Dubya was a big fat liar, we might have gotten some even worse Republican in 2004, and then Barack Obama would probably never have become President. (But it is possible he would stay in the Senate and be the current Democratic leader).
No, the timeline shift I wonder about is what would have happened if Democrats let Bernie win in 2016, instead of being in the tank for Hillary. If Trump was never President, he would probably be in jail by now.
It doesn't matter who the president is when the country is actually controlled by wealthy oligarchs. We cannot solve that problem by voting.
Vote with your wallets. Bring back ownership.
Stop subscribing to dumb shit you can be getting for free. Use your brains before your wallets.
And stop saying sigh, Amazon and Bezos suck, but I simply cannot live without throwing my money at them. I tend to hate to be judgy about it, but I think the time has come to pass judgement, for people to put up or shut up. Yes, all corporations are bad. That means we should all be consuming less. But some corporations are definitely worse than others, and every single person who voluntarily gives them money is complicit. They have the power because we give it to them.
I totally agree with what you're saying.
If we keep rewarding people with social praise every time they contribute to the problem, they're going to keep contributing to the problem.
This is what I mean by changing as a culture. We need to value different things.
You nailed it with your username.
(I also hate that I agree with everything you said. It's so hard to be hopeful these days.)
Yeah I don't know who these over 30 happy people are. The pres just said he plans to rendition citizens to a foreign prison anytime he reasons they did something to warrant it. My brother with kids is super worried. I don't have kids but still not likin it.
We're moving with as many of our adult children as we can convince and logistically manage out of this place. The US is losing two STEM PhD holders, multiple bachelors in engineering, and other bachelors degree holders. Yes, we're stupidly lucky to have the resources to make the move, but it's going to basically destroy my retirement resources. It's worth it if my children have a chance of a better life. We're racing the clock to get out before the borders are closed.
Fuck the Nazis in charge of this place and the people who voted them into power.
You're a good parent.
Meanwhile, my (immigrant) partner and I opened up about our fears to my family last Christmas, and my mom told me not to worry because my partner is "one of the good ones." Ugh.
So yeah, thank you for being rational.
They were lucky enough to have bought houses during the great recession.
Mystery solved.
The other day, I did some quick math to figure out what my family of five driving four cars across the country would look like. Several days and probably upwards of $5000 in fuel, if we can find it, and if cash is worth anything. I have a motorcycle that I would sell to fund part of that, and I've already decided which of the four cars would be first to sell on the road.
I am fully expecting things to escalate to the point where any time we have to leave the house to get groceries, fuel, medicine, two people will be required. One to do the shopping, the other to be an armed guard.
This chapter in American history is about as fucked up as it's been in living memory, and we have a very long way to go yet.
Yeah that about sums up how I view the rest of my life playing out.
