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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ugh. Can WH and faux news endlessly spit out enough fawning nonsense today about “historic 100 days”? . No one fking cares. The stock market has shed 12 trillion. Prices are about to sky rocket because shelves are empty. What the actual fk. How much validation does one person need? Oh yeah, I forgot they’re a narcissist and any damage to the ego about bad press is too much to handle.[/quote]

If you’re like me — 23, working-class and born into a country already‬ on fire — President Donald Trump’s first 100 days feel less like chaos and more like clarity.‬

For the first time in years, there’s motion. Bureaucracies that seemed untouchable are getting‬ streamlined. Energy policy is shifting. Agencies that operated without accountability are being‬ challenged. The tone in Washington is sharp, confrontational and‬ direct.

The generational split here is obvious. Older Americans, especially those with pensions and‬ property, are panicked by any shake-up. They’ve spent decades benefiting from inflated assets‬ and cheap debt. For them, even a modest dip in the markets feels like a threat to their way of life.‬

But for my generation, disruption is normal. We graduated‬ into an economy that felt rigged, got smacked by a pandemic, drowned in inflation and watched every institution, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the Ivy League, burn through credibility like kindling. We’ve been priced out of homes, overregulated at entry-level jobs and gaslighted into‬ thinking we’re lazy for questioning it all.‬  ‭

This is what makes Trump’s second term feel different. It’s not just about remaking policy; it’s‬ about recalibrating reality. Now, we’re watching someone bulldoze the mess and start‬ re-laying the foundation.‬‭ Yes, people are screaming. They’re calling it dangerous, reckless, authoritarian. But if you‬ grew up watching your generation get crushed by the consequences of bipartisan cowardice, this‬ doesn’t feel like tyranny. It feels like someone finally picking up the shovel.‬

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Gen X here. We paid into a system (SS, Medicare) our entire working lives with promise of some level of return, and are now on the cusp of retirement - you’re goddamn right we’re pissed.

And you need to wake the fck up. Trump isn’t reordering things in your favor. [/quote]

Keep yelling at the deplorables.   I.e. your neighbors children that are struggling.

How dare they want decent jobs. Who do they think they are ?[/quote]

And you seem to have completely missed the point. Trump is not your savior. He is not working for anyone other than himself and his donors. Unemployment is about to skyrocket when small businesses fail because of his tariffs. Inflation will balloon when demand outstrips supply.

I’m all for reforming the system, but this isn’t reformation, it’s destruction with no long term plan behind it. [/quote]

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