that's just one aspect that ties into the real problem: we had so much 'fuck the man' and anti-corporate horseshit shoveled into our mouths, and look how the world turned out--it's a corporate, gentrified hellhole.

not every gen-xer became 'the man.'

but a sizable portion of the straight-laced, 100k a year set feel it on some level. the despair of 2026 america isn't limited to certain demographics; when there's a perpetual storm you're bound to get wet even if you have an umbrella.