We’re all realizing the American game is rigged. We’re the bad place! (if you get the reference)
We’ve been groomed since childhood to see America as the best county in the world, yet the internet shows us people who have more regardless of income. Things like universal healthcare, four day work weeks, mandatory time off, undeveloped nature that isn’t under attack etc. We see people objectively poorer than us yet exponentially happier and less stressed.
So we feel betrayed because starting over somewhere else is nearly impossible when you’ve put everything you have into forcing a broken system forward…yet fixing the system feels like jumping in front of a train to stop it.
This betrayal is escalating as the wealthy flaunt their opulence and use their power to increase the wage gap even further. We’re basically approaching critical mass…and until we find the answers to fix this rigged system our souls are rejecting the game entirely.
I got goosebumps reading this, friend. You are 10000% accurate (and a very good writer might I add). And I've often wondered if we actually are in the Bad Place. That show is genius and hit a little too close to home!
I know what you mean. We've lost a lot and you never get over the feeling of loss. We're sentimental millennials after all. But I can't help but feel like our best days are ahead of us. Goes for you and me, my friend!
We’re all realizing the American game is rigged. We’re the bad place! (if you get the reference)
We’ve been groomed since childhood to see America as the best county in the world, yet the internet shows us people who have more regardless of income. Things like universal healthcare, four day work weeks, mandatory time off, undeveloped nature that isn’t under attack etc. We see people objectively poorer than us yet exponentially happier and less stressed.
So we feel betrayed because starting over somewhere else is nearly impossible when you’ve put everything you have into forcing a broken system forward…yet fixing the system feels like jumping in front of a train to stop it.
This betrayal is escalating as the wealthy flaunt their opulence and use their power to increase the wage gap even further. We’re basically approaching critical mass…and until we find the answers to fix this rigged system our souls are rejecting the game entirely.
I got goosebumps reading this, friend. You are 10000% accurate (and a very good writer might I add). And I've often wondered if we actually are in the Bad Place. That show is genius and hit a little too close to home!
I know what you mean. We've lost a lot and you never get over the feeling of loss. We're sentimental millennials after all. But I can't help but feel like our best days are ahead of us. Goes for you and me, my friend!
I love your eternal optimism, friend - it's beautiful!