like most people, a significant part of my childhood consisted of old senile farts telling me i have to toughen up cause life is harsh. however, now that i look at it, i dont understand what the fuck they were talking about and i think our generation has it way harder than the previous ones.
most old farts lived either in the USA cold war bloc where they had:
- social democracy (with resources from the global south of course) where you could afford a home on one income with several kids
- post WW2 rebound woke
- post civil rights rebound woke
- sexual liberation (first in their entire bloodline to have an actually enjoyable orgasm)
- easy job market
- easy to find a spouse
- socializing was easy
- abundance of consumer products
old farts in the communist bloc had:
- socialist system with secure housing, free health care, free education
- low misogyny
- got rewarded by the state to have kids in many cases
- easy to get married
- socializing was easy, society was warm and high trust
- generally woke and discouraged antisocial behaviours and fascism
our generation has:
- WORST job market ever seen
- healthcare super expensive
- late stage capitalism pushes for extreme gender division, women and men hate each other so no marriage for most of us
- no sex for most of us either
- everything expensive
- loneliness epidemic
- far right sentiment at its peak
- we are constantly recorded and posted online without our consent
(to be fair most old people lived through sort of war/drafting situation but i will die before i respect the military)
our generation has it way harder because we live in end stage capitalism… what exactly were they warning us about?
Misanthropy.