People are lowering their aspirations because being ambitious risks failure and we have educated a society of perfectionists unable to cope with the mere though

People are lowering their aspirations because being ambitious risks failure and we have educated a society of perfectionists unable to cope with the mere thought of failure, let alone risking it in practice. Europe has been quiet quitting the economic game for centuries. We are all hoping that the people that didn't go to College keep digging useful things out of the ground so we can keep burning it to keep the illusion of progress going a bit longer. These people probably spend their evenings watching Netflix. Any self motivated artist worth their salt is already doing that.