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Gen X, the meh generation
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According to a few The Fourth Turning videos and articles I've consumed recently, our generational archetype is The Nomad. It made me consider that we seemed aimless and disinterested in a lot of societal nonsense because it was our spiritual approach to coping with this absurd Western reality. Also, we created the concepts of urban nomad and digital nomad. Ultimately, I believe it was always our destiny to wander in a uniquely detached way. We are known more for what we reject than what we embrace. I feel that this is something that the world needed and others could not provide. These same others see us as forgettable because we tried to warn them of their folly and humans are great at ignoring that.
I feel like that's every generation until they give up on it. Humanity is too far gone. This place is never going to be good unless there's a long bloody war against it. But people would rather watch TV and get into pop politics than just loops peoples lives in circles.
I wish at least America would collapse already and maybe humanity could move on to a better direction.
How many more wasted generations are the slave masters going to produce?
Unless you rape and claw at others lives to get ahead life is hell. Such a twisted world. Might as well just have the war if they expect me to treat humanity like shit to make a "life" for myself.