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I googled a bit but couldn't find any analysis of middle class existential angst. Care to link me to something?

• mturmon 9y ago
  A couple reference points, among many, could be the 1968 film "The Swimmer" or the 1999 film "American Beauty". It's probably best expressed through fiction: reading factual descriptions may prove useless. It's an American thing to idolize the middle class, and it's a human thing to be deeply discontented with what you have idolized, so really you have a lot of choices in the genre.
• ashark 9y ago
  Try Richard Yates' Revolutionary Road (1961). It reads almost like it could have been written today. Definitely deserves to be more popular.
• saint_fiasco 9y ago
  Alone wrote a series of three blog posts in 2012 ostensibly about hipsters on food stamps. It's an interesting analysis about downward social mobility and the defense mechanisms against the resulting anxiety. I think it's relevant to middle class angst and a precursor to the Premium Mediocre concept. What could be more premium mediocre than buying fancy food on food stamps? http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2012/11/hipsters_on_food_stamps.html http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2012/11/hipsters_on_food_stam...
• yaway 9y ago
  infinite jest by david foster wallace - the author is himself the embodiment of middle/upper class existential angst and it seeps into all of his work will also second revolutionary road by yates, and the swimmer by cheever, although they are a bit dated at this point