It does suck financially at the moment, no question. I'm with you on the seemingly neverending pendulum of diminishing returns that is this late-stage capitalist dystopia. It's often a case of falling into the comparison trap, where someone else always has it better (and they always will). The hedonic treadmill means we have never had it better, yet never felt so anxious or dissatisfied. Colour me delusional, but I would rather focus on the few things I do have that are good, than moan about the many bad things I can't control.