Young people figured out that their time is more valuable than endlessly working. They work to pay their bills and won't dedicate themselves to a career or a company. Perhaps they learned from the 2008 financial crisis that everything can/will be stripped from you regardless of your determination and risk reduction because we are at the will of the bankers.

The calamity destroyed marriages and lives, and the lack of financial security hinders people from having children. We learned to be flexible and quickly adapt to turmoil, and we can't offer children stability under these circumstances.

I agree that the solution is to restore our faith in the future, but we've stopped collectively imagining a better world. There's nothing but a vision of dystopia or AI dominance. We are too alienated to realize that we need to collectivize to escape hell. It's depressing.

The CIA and "deep state" (the unelected, powerful force) don't support Trump, which limits his ability to punish his enemies. Unfortunately, these cohorts don't care about us because they work for the ruling class, and we'll endure the consequences of chaos.

The wealthy have always been reckless. FDR warned that the public would come after the rich with pitchforks if he didn't implement the New Deal, and they still opposed the policy.

Today, there's no FDR in sight, and the wealthy's arrogance and dominance is unhinged. I'm hunkering down and bracing for the worst, too, but the chaotic landscape is unpredictable. The best thing I can think of is to establish a strong community to help shield the blows. Yikes.