But I am going to assume (While the paywall bypass is loading) that it is because of a few factors such as:
1) Near hopeless political future, a lot of people feel completely fucked and that things won’t get better
2) An economy where more and more young professionals are locked out of “key milestones” such as home ownership. People are living at home longer working for lower pay, so they are depresso espresso
3) People are seeing a non stop wave of climate change and population issue news. Really does seem like without a huge pivot, the next 30-50 years will be nothing but downhill. Which, as one can expect, is deeply fucking depressing.
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Phones and social media
No1PaulKeatingfan on
> Why are young adults in the English-speaking world so unhappy?
Probably because I can’t read paywalled news when they’re shared to social media.
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Chinese and russian bot farms are fluent in english. The gender and race wars on the west exist in other languages, but they are amplified way more by bad actors in the english speaking internet.
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Spoiler: It’s housing.
Though the article also tangentially touches on the other relevant issue: That politics to many my age appears to be a race to squeeze the young for as much as possible before the current generation of politicians shuffles off this mortal coil.
The U.K’s triple lock is of course a joke, but for instance Belgium’s pension reforms that came out a while ago seem explicitly designed to make sure those benefiting now don’t feel any pain, pushing the costs onto 30-ish year olds. A similar issue happened in the Netherlands with the shift to a DC system. Repeat for climate, population and ‘small’ issues such as the targeted destruction of nightlife and third spaces by complaining old people.
Honestly I understand the frustration. It feels that we’re heading back to a society where being born to rich parents is the only realistic way to make it, a feeling no doubt exacerbated by unrealistic standards of ‘making it’ spread by social media.
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Paywall moment.
But I am going to assume (While the paywall bypass is loading) that it is because of a few factors such as:
1) Near hopeless political future, a lot of people feel completely fucked and that things won’t get better
2) An economy where more and more young professionals are locked out of “key milestones” such as home ownership. People are living at home longer working for lower pay, so they are depresso espresso
3) People are seeing a non stop wave of climate change and population issue news. Really does seem like without a huge pivot, the next 30-50 years will be nothing but downhill. Which, as one can expect, is deeply fucking depressing.
Phones and social media
> Why are young adults in the English-speaking world so unhappy?
Probably because I can’t read paywalled news when they’re shared to social media.
Chinese and russian bot farms are fluent in english. The gender and race wars on the west exist in other languages, but they are amplified way more by bad actors in the english speaking internet.
Spoiler: It’s housing.
Though the article also tangentially touches on the other relevant issue: That politics to many my age appears to be a race to squeeze the young for as much as possible before the current generation of politicians shuffles off this mortal coil.
The U.K’s triple lock is of course a joke, but for instance Belgium’s pension reforms that came out a while ago seem explicitly designed to make sure those benefiting now don’t feel any pain, pushing the costs onto 30-ish year olds. A similar issue happened in the Netherlands with the shift to a DC system. Repeat for climate, population and ‘small’ issues such as the targeted destruction of nightlife and third spaces by complaining old people.
Honestly I understand the frustration. It feels that we’re heading back to a society where being born to rich parents is the only realistic way to make it, a feeling no doubt exacerbated by unrealistic standards of ‘making it’ spread by social media.