I hear ya m8.

We've been in an economic depression since 2008... but nobody wants to say it out loud, and since the newsfags never said it, everyone walks around wondering what's really going on... like it's a big mystery...(It IS when you can't think on your own)

A LOT of people are hurting. Not so many vocalize it, but there are signs for sure... I can't believe how many have credit cards racked up well over $100k, and they own nothing - mortgage they took out 20 years ago - they're over leveraged and under water... the 1st and second ones. MANY are spending like it's Regan's 80s money...all on credit - because they don't want to be bad parents etc - Disney vacations, leased vehicles...WAY beyond their means. If what I say has no basis, then why did Trump lean on cc companies to drop their high interest rates for a year?

Middle management positions that White guys 45-60 would usually fill are taken out from under them by pajeets, jam boys and other dei hires. Not many places are hiring, and if they are good luck getting in without an inside source. I know professionals worth their salt that can't even get an interview... for years now... and needing to take a job as a lot boy at a big box to make ends meet. It's fucking hellacious.

Then there's small businesses that have been CORNHOLED to death with Obongo care, c19, whatever the F happened around 2016, the endless barrage of chinky imports thanks to IP theft and no legal teeth, endless regulations, insurance, global Internet competition, and of course now AI throwing a couple of spoons in the blender.

Nobody knows which end is up... nobody wants to pay for "expensive" domestic furniture, crafts, even signs - they'll import all the way from from Asia before they buy your stuff. All the "side hustles" are beat now and all across the board: The juice, ain't worth the squeeze.

Wake me up when this golden age of prosperity starts... because all I'm seeing right now is them telling us it's raining down, while they give us a golden shower over the fence.

Like I said... many are really hurting and have been for a long time... and I didn't even mention the psychological stress many are under... like chronic fatigue is the new normal. You're not alone, fren.

u/#pepehug