this post was submitted on 13 May 2026
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A Boring Dystopia
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those rites of passage are disappearing?
people can't afford cars, they don't move out of homes, and they struggle to get jobs outside of menial labor.
the only people who achieve those things regularity anymore are the rich. because their parents buy everything for them. they buy them that first car, they buy them a college education from a rich school to get them that first real job, and they give them money to pay for rent so they can move out, and eventually give them a downpayment for a house so they can become a home owner.
very few people are able to achieve those things on their own personal merits and efforts anymore, like they used to be able to 20-40 years ago. kids these days aren't buying their first car that's 10 years old for 2K w/ money from working pizza delivery all summer. 10yr used cars now go for closer to 8-10K, and people with college degrees w/ full time jobs struggle to afford them. gas is also not 1 dollar a gallon like it was 20 years ago.