Uncausal

It was already happening before the pandemic, of course, but I just assume that nothing in this country will work correctly or operate as previously expected. The pandemic and its aftereffects worsened this, but was by no means the primary cause.

The decline is unstoppable and accelerating.

Min

I’ve been saying this for years. At least 80% of the reason MBA types want you in the office is so they can gaze out over their minions or impress other MBAs with how many minions they control. That’s it.

Rich Dys

The US is the richest dystopia in the history of ever.

Abuse

True. I have a few Gen Z friends. They know they are completely screwed. The Millennials were promised better and that was yanked away from them, which made them bitter and paranoid; Boomers reaped all the gains and pulled up the ladder behind them, while hurling abuse at the Millennials below. Gen Z witnessed all this and realized they weren’t even going to receive Boomer scraps and are not bitter like the Millennials but rather resigned to their fate, with a wicked sense of humor about it all.

A Gen Z friend of mine said, “I’m just waiting to die in the water wars. My retirement plan is an early grave.” And she was not kidding.