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I grew up in Kansas and Nebraska, still have family in small towns there. In addition to the bleak outlook, high risk of failure, stress, physical labor, etc, I
by killjoywashere 3y ago
I grew up in Kansas and Nebraska, still have family in small towns there. In addition to the bleak outlook, high risk of failure, stress, physical labor, etc, I would submit this is ground zero for the phenomenon of cultural dispair. Americas secular ideals were Davy Crockett and Abe Lincoln: physically strong, white, male, working the land. Now's it a hipster with a MacBook repping for the right causes. That cosmopolitan knowledge economy may well be everyone's future, but it's not what they know, or something they even see a path too.
- mistrial9 3y agohipsters are not reproducing, and showing high levels of anxiety disorders here in the City, honestly. Not sure what to say about culture, America is having troubles that way. Social media has done a lot of self-inflicted harm on growing minds and bodies in the last 15 years, as is well-documented. Lastly, the effect of low-cost fossil fuel transport for ordinary daily items, cannot be overstated. Farms within 100 miles fail, while common fruits and vegetables can travel more than 1000 miles and somehow still be cheaper? things are not going well.
- dan_quixote 3y agoI wonder how much damage has been done in the name of upholding "rugged individualism". We willingly isolate ourselves and refuse to ask for help when we need it while the problem just sprirals.