As someone who worked both in the 80s and now - sorry, you are just wrong.

Oh, sure, burnout always existed, but it wasn't the ubiquitous thing we see today.

And the issue is simple - jobs have changed completely. For 70 years, the number of hours worked per week dropped, until Reagan started tearing apart the unions and work protections in general.

When I got out of school, anyone who wanted a job, had one. You could walk into a career job with only a high school diploma.

OR, if you wanted to do something creative, you could support yourself frugally on a part-time job, and spend most of your time writing or making music.

You could support a whole family on a single salary, and have a stay-at-home wife.

Job security was good. If you didn't fuck up too badly, you could keep the same job for the rest of your life and retire at 65 debt-free.

All gone.

All gone in America, that is: Actually, things really haven't changed much elsewhere. I live in Europe now, and there isn't that sense of desperation. You can make a comfortable living on a minimum wage job here. Life is good.

> Life is tough. That’s just the way it is.

Life IN AMERICA is tough. It doesn't have to be that way, and it wouldn't be, except for people like you.

Translation of what you wrote: "I just don't think deeply about things - I like to lecture people on self-reliance, and actually dealing with things like facts, logic or reasoning slow me down. This is why I am better than you losers."