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This sounds like something anyone could have written when I was 20 without batting an eye. The illusion of a gold watch, retirement, a guaranteed job after college, were all known to be suspect or a complete myth by at least the 1980s. Raised to be aware of the plights of others? I remember "We are the world" and "adopting" impoverished African children with a monthly food stipend. Seriously, there's probably a lot of interesting stuff that could be said about current 20-somethings in general, none of them were presented here.


I agree. The rot in our society started with the Reagan Era. 2008 didn't make it suddenly appear; it just brought it back to the surface. The OP has a just grievance, but she's comparing the world she faces to the Mad Men era of social mobility, when her parents were (probably) children.




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