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Middle-aged Americans are lonelier than older adults (www.futurity.org)

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A new study found middle-aged Americans demonstrated higher levels of loneliness than older adults.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Our parents really screwed this country up:

Worse off financially
Lonelier
Worse mental health
Worse social safety net
Less affordable homes
Less affordable health care
Less affordable college
Climate is royally screwed

It feels like an older sibling who took your toy and broke it rather than parents as stewards who gave a shit about the society they leave the next group. We were taught respect, share, work with others, and then it turns out all the adults are just doing whatever selfish thing lets them get ahead. All the BS propaganda about communism taken to its extreme was true of neoliberal policy taken to its extreme. Now we slip into textbook capital Fascism and defunct cronyism.

#voidposting

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Unless your parents are members of the ruling class, they had very little to do with your immiseration!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Unless you count voting for or wanting this reality.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Boomers absolutely voted for the current reality. They also made sure to pull up every ladder they used to gain advantages.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

What if some of my parents really love red hats?

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