The Doomed Generation (NSFW)

[Fire Walk With Me]

[Heathen57]

1. Most honest TIME cover ever

even if it is fake.

[ErikJ]

2. "Distractionary Political Horseshit"

lol. I'll have to remember that one.

[zeemike]

3. "Big Daddy's Dronemaster's got a bran new bag..."

[MirrorAshes]

4. I'm part of this generation.

And "doomed" is a pretty accurate descriptor for how I feel some days. I'm educated, motivated, and yet remain unemployable at any level equal to my worth. I fear starting a family because I can barely make ends meet for myself.

Some days I think I'll end up rioting in the streets before I actually find a proper job. Maybe that is what it will take.

[eridani]

6. One of my nephews has a degree in Middle Eastern Studies, and is scrubbing floors for a living

When I croak, anything left from my annuity is going straight to the four of them--my sibs and hubby's sibs are doing fine (as in modest comfort if we watch what we spend).

[Fire Walk With Me]

8. Hang in there. We are witnessing either the last gasp of capitalism and its obvious endpoint

or failing to stop it before it consumes the entire planet. These are the two paths, the two choices. It is up to us, it is up to action and faith in action. Your generation is here at exactly the right time and I for one have great faith in you.

[MirrorAshes]

10. Thank you for the kind words!

I do my best. I have it far better than some, so I count my blessings. There is just so much uncertainty in what to expect from the next 10-15 years or so--the exact years that will define my future. Will I find work, and live out some variation of the "American Dream?" Or is that a luxury for days past? I'm scared, though admittedly also fascinated by the times we live in and what kind of social/political/economic change we are on the brink of. Things are going to get interesting before they get boring, that is for certain.

[AsahinaKimi]

5. Is that cover for real?

I never thought i would ever see Time Magazine use " Fuck 'em" on the cover...

I guess its not..

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. Yes, a clever Photoshop job.

[grahamhgreen]

9. K&R!

[Corruption Inc]

11. Imagine if our media was capable of that much honesty

What a different country it would be.

[hrmjustin]

12. Welcome to DU my friend!