Democracy
Satisfaction with democracy is at a 50-year low, according to a Cambridge study of nearly 5 million people in over 160 countries between 1973 and 2020. It’s Millennials that are most unhappy and for good reason. In the U.S., when Boomers reached age 35 in 1990, they owned 21% of the nation’s wealth. When Gen X were the same age, in 2008, they owned just 9%. Millennials will only be 35 in 2023, but currently own just 3.2% of the wealth. Ever since the 2008 financial crisis, we have been mortgaging our children’s futures, cashing in for short-term gain.
— Wayne Visser
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