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three financial crises if you count the strait of hormuz

How exactly do these idiots think anybody can afford to keep living like this?? I have a kid to think about, I have to worry about the future. myferretsatepepethefrog.blogspot.com/2026/06/anti...

And as hyperbolic as that sounds, we're seeing Hegseth and Thiel overtly setup for Christian Nationalist apocalypse on a daily basis, so I'm no longer willing to ignore the fact that these men want a world of radioactive dust as their congregation.

Too many have also watched their 50+ Gen X parents get “right-sized” into an incredibly ageist, transitioning job market, get shamed by politicians for not being willing to working thru their 60s, and deal with the financial/mental impact of a forced early retirement.

Correct

And given they did an issue on the rise of Millennial Socialism (which never went away) this is a “shallow trend” that has now stretched over two generations.

also calling it selfish, the brain washing

How dare you stupid peasants want to have any quality of life whatsoever and not be crushed by debt! How dare you want to benefit from the fruits of your labors! We're job creators! We're entitled to everything! If some of you starve and die, that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.

Capitalism = extreme right, leads to problems, culminates in authoritarianism Communism = extreme left, leads to problems, culminates in authoritarianism Socialism = centrist, reasonable, achievable

Your characterization of this cover is spot on!!! The story is why capitalism has failed young generations but The Economist chose to trivialize their existential strife…. Disgusting!

“The system is broken and hurting you because of the liberals” is, despite being a deliberate and bigoted lie regarding causality, a factually more accurate description of reality than “the system is not broken, you are just feeling bad vibes” Small wonder it worked on so many.

Agreed. The crisis in our public schools is absolutely helping the oligarchs. But that won’t last forever, historically a lot of socialists during its peak in the US 100+ years ago had never been to school a day in their lives. A culture of solidarity becomes more important here.

I will save people some time. tl;dr "Dear reader, Taxing the rich is bad because <insert pseudo-intellectual demonstrably false claim>. If you disagree, it is because you are a stupid child. Signed, The Rich"

My “back in our day” spiel to my son and his wife ends with “you know, we had it pretty good back then come to think about it.”

Same and same

Democratic socialism works, that’s the thing.

Oh, please. bsky.app/profile/gemo...

Socialism is always the logical conclusion if you're looking for a system that takes care of everyone.

Also I may have nudged all my children in that direction, maybe. Subtly, with nuance—but nudges nonetheless.

Socialism or barbarism, the oligarchs think that barbarism will somehow suit their needs but I think they have not thought it through.

Lol

“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” Frederick Douglass American abolitionist, orator, and writer

3/ Human beings do it and we let them have their own rocket ships. I am a relentless proponent of a post-scarcity economy, but democratic socialism is at least an interim step forward to get there.

Ding ding ding

I don't know...can we try low wages, union busting, and all that other stuff again? I have a feeling it's going to work this time.

Young Americans just need to sit down and shut up and be grateful they get live in a country with the sort of amazing economy that allows them costs of living four times higher than their parents at barely higher wages, with prices for fripperies like "food" and "gas" and "shelter" increasing daily.