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Ah that could be part of it. I’m in my 30s but in a career with a notoriously long ramp up.

Well, most of the people I grew up with are in the trades or just didn’t go to college and they’re not thriving, but they’re doing fine. They can mostly afford houses (in large part because of the low cost of living in their areas) and to have some modest savings, which is more than I can say being tied to high cost of living areas where I can use my degree and being completely unable to save anything thanks to Daddy Student Loan Servicer. I get what you’re saying, but I’m very aware of how those without degrees are doing since those are the people I grew up with and still maintain friendships with.

As someone absolutely killing themself to barely tread water with a fairly well paying job after getting a graduate degree, the kids are unfortunately correct.

How convenient that the answer is… what, do absolutely nothing and wait for the fever to break? Okay Schumer…

Yeah that’s what’s so strange, they act like we believe in the propaganda. It’s like they completely forget that a lot of us were fighting this battle 25 years ago and fucking lost. The people who were chest thumping now are the same ones who were chest thumping for authoritarianism 25 years ago. Any time I see some idiot European post “Americans, I thought you…” it’s a dead giveaway that their stupid ass didn’t pay attention to the post 2001 fall of democracy. This didn’t just happen overnight…