President Trump ripped Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as āseriously retardedā ā and suggested Rep. Ilhan Omar āprobably came into the USA illegallyā āĀ in a rage-filled Thanksgiving message about immigration.
President Trump ripped Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as āseriously retardedā ā and suggested Rep. Ilhan Omar āprobably came into the USA illegallyā āĀ in a rage-filled Thanksgiving message about immigration.
I am honestly sad that I never got to experience that America. My perspective of being a mid 20s American is that of a longing for the America that was all the things you listed. Not a kleptocratic oligarchy held up by social media misinformation and straight idiocy. Ever since the mid 70s: following all the debt caused by the Vietnam War, the disastrous consequences of Reaganomics, and deregulation of finance; income inequality has gotten to a point of insanity.
Iām so sorry. But it was like that. Sure it had its many, many flaws. But it was a place where studying hard, making it to and through college and being educated were valued more highly than being a vocal cretin, where science was respected, craziness was fringe, religion was retreating, working hard gave you a real - albeit small - chance at striking it rich, and where you could expect your children to be better off than you if you did everything right.
All that is gone. I really feel sorry for you and those of your generation who never got to experience the āgoodā America - at least good if you were whiteā¦
I am just jealous of how many older folks got their college education for free or just hundreds of dollars 50+ years agoā¦
Yes, we gen-Xers got a lot of things for cheap or free, and we had a lot more opportunities for sure - and our boomer parents even more so - because we rode the tail end of the post-WW2 economic boom.
I totally get the jealousy. What I donāt get is the hate: I canāt count the number of young people who actually hate me because I happen to have had it better than them. Sorryā¦ Itās not like I planned it or anything, and I didnāt set out to ruin anybodyās life after me neither.
Iāll have you know tuition was about $1500 to $1800 per year when I was university. I maxed out my loans and I had to pay $105/month for 10 years to pay back that $10k.ny interest rate was something like 9%.