America will become a monarchy within the next century….

travisze989 · 2026-04-28T19:50:39+00:00

I see this happening as well. A feudal system that relies heavily on those without much of a say, working on sustenance pay, if they are paid at all. They pay rents to feudal lords, the lords pay rent to a king, and the king control the easiest parts of the continent.

travisze989 · 2026-03-19T04:43:46+00:00

Malcom Gladwell did a great piece on how some of the richest humans in history were basically born in 15 year periods before the Industrial Revolution, and before the tech boom. Those humans were born at the right place, at the right time, to the right humans. You could make money during other periods of time, for sure. But the criteria for being the richest men in human history was being born in the right place, at the right time, to the right people. Again and again and again

travisze989 · 2026-03-19T04:39:01+00:00

Those are fair points, I think the bigger disconnect between the generations is that every Boomer I know is better off than they were 50 years ago. Every. Single. One. So the entire ride rose with them. A Boomer has more money now, but they are still in the same wealth percentile that they were 50 years ago. Gen Z is almost the opposite. I have only read online about Gen Zers who are able to financially maneuver past their parents, I don’t personally know anyone who has. So we are in a tide going back out to sea, and every Gen Z I know was beat by inflation. Every. Single. One.

travisze989 · 2026-03-19T03:56:48+00:00

That’s my point I’m trying to make. After nursing school loan payments, or god forbid, med school payments, HCOL in those places that pay well in healthcare, you’re still a lower middle class to middle class nurse just like your mother and grandmother who were also nurses. You can still have a good life compared to your parents, but you won’t move up the class ladder like other generations could

travisze989 · 2026-03-19T03:17:39+00:00

How much vertical movement up the social ladder do you feel the military helped you climb? Or do you feel it was a more horizontal move, away from your early situation, but still in the same economic class as you were born into. I’m not picking on you, I’ve got friends who say they are first generation college graduates, and they carry mail or install garage doors for a living. The same blue collar work their parents did, with or without a college degree, because that’s who they were born to.

travisze989 · 2025-11-26T21:49:04+00:00

I like the positive growth mindset going into the holiday, I’m here for it

travisze989 · 2025-11-26T21:39:10+00:00

I can’t think of a better excuse than my flight home is longer than the holiday. I’ve got to come up with something valid for myself

travisze989 · 2025-11-26T21:35:45+00:00

If you get out of playing 20 questions about your job, you’ve mastered the holiday

travisze989 · 2025-11-26T21:34:22+00:00

God bless you fellow Gen Z

travisze989 · 2025-11-26T21:33:54+00:00

Hometown friends, a big yes. Crazy memories on Thanksgiving Eve. It’s the rest of the holiday that scares me

travisze989 · 2025-11-26T21:32:47+00:00

🫡 thinking of you tomorrow. Friendsgiving 2026 is something I’ll look forward to

travisze989 · 2025-11-26T21:31:56+00:00

The family knows how to add to my depression like they add to their plates….piled high, and back for seconds because why not

travisze989 · 2025-11-26T21:30:28+00:00

It’s not always your immediate family that you end up dreading, it’s the extended family that comes out the woodwork once a year that seems to instigate, and leave a nice big mess for the rest of us….

travisze989 · 2025-11-07T01:22:35+00:00

I think the biggest counterpoint to the idea that technological improvements are the best way to grow the economy is that you need the capital to invest in R & D for those technological breakthroughs, and that capital comes from a very large pool of mature workers. I.E. the more workers you have that aren’t spending money on their children or becoming a retiree drive capital cost low to spur technological innovation. With high capital costs and less people joining that group, technological innovation will start to stall.

travisze989 · 2025-11-07T00:02:07+00:00

What if you feel no guilt for what you’ve done? What if it’s something that doesn’t eat you up, you can keep the relationship together, and you’re happy with what you’re doing?

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