Gen X, here. Feel the same. Move forward two steps, stop. Back up one, stop. Take three forward, take 4 back. Move up one. Etc. X got lucky with cheaper college and sometimes you could find affordable homes, but damn. It feels like treading water and maybe occasionally swallowing some since forever.

Can I just die already?

I feel this. I also used to believe in and not mind the idea of reincarnation, but Jesus Christ would I hate to come back. I didn't procreate because I know there's nothing good on the horizon for future generations. It's become a nightmare to think I may ever have to come back again.

It's like our lives are written like a book about Russian history where every chapter ends with "... and then it got worse".

No you can’t die! We need more hard workers in the workforce! How else will your boss and bosses boss afford that extra house, car, and vacation time?

"A crisis is coming!"

Well I've been in crisis since I got laid off at Christmas so everyone, welcome to the show.

Before that I've been trying to come out of my crises since Covid fucked my life up, still not fixed that.

And then going back, my life is still hugely derailed from the past 2.5 decades of crises, macro and micro.

So yeah it's just more of the same over here.

Side effects include: Diarrhea of the mouth Puckered eyes Orangification Everything computer

I was really hoping it was all gonna blow over by Easter, too.

Four years? That's might optimistic. Trump's already planning for a third term. He's not leaving the oval office alive.

Meanwhile the little "color in the thermometer" progress chart on the back of the Project 2025 workbook is nearly half filled.

Rebuilding could take 10 to 20 years. If he's shit enough it could take two to six.

If he does Herbert Hoover levels of damage there's likely to be broad motivation to take heavy handed action to fix it. Re-nationalizing land, nullifying contracts, and disregarding the impact it has on those who invested money or otherwise relied on the changes. Some of the programs being torn apart today are direct responses to trying to fix the problems Hoover caused.

It's not a lot, but it's worth remembering that Hoover had a lot of similar stances to Trump. He made things so bad that America elected the closest thing we've ever had to democratic socialism, and people liked it so much that they elected him four times and Congress changed the Constitution out of spite.

Yeah same, we're saving because we dont know if shit could just hit the fan. I'm actually in the process of converting 50% of my savings into foreign currency. The US is finally on its way out

Im Canadian and avoiding American products has saved me a lot of money, so much junk food we don’t need is American, and the off brand Canadian versions are even better and cheap. I never realized how much of my money went to American junk until this tariff thing, so I’ve stopped buying anything i don’t NEED

4 in 10 who actually vote. Trump only ever won ~30% of the popular vote when you count all of the people who couldn’t bother to get off the couch. If “Didn’t Vote” was a candidate, it would have won by a landslide.

It's not 4/10.

Most Americans simply did not bother to vote. Trumpers are a minority, it's just that their hatefulness is artificially amplified by Russian bots.