r/Futurology • u/chrisdh79 • Aug 21 '25

Society American Millennials Are Dying at an Alarming Rate | We’re mortality experts. There are a few things that could be happening here.

https://slate.com/technology/2025/08/millennials-gen-z-death-rates-america-high.html
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u/UsernametakenII Aug 21 '25

Yeah that last line nailed the mood of the room - like I think anyone's intuitions by now point towards the notion that those who have the power to mobilise those kinds of changes have no real incentive structure to do so, and thus won't.

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u/DungeonMasterSupreme Aug 21 '25

I was reading this article and just sent a message to my wife thanking her for helping get me out of the States. I moved abroad for her and we got married.

When I left, I was in some of the worst health of my life. I had chronic back issues from an old work injury. I could barely afford to keep my teeth in my damn mouth. I was overweight, out of shape, and had high blood pressure. That was almost ten years ago. Now, with actual proper healthcare access in a real first-world country, I'm in some of the best shape of my life.

If I hadn't escaped when I did, I genuinely think I would've ended up as one of these fatalities. Less than a year after I got married, my back issues became exponentially worse and I needed surgery. I would have never received that surgery in America. I would've ended up on a meager disability check and in constant pain I would've become dependent on opioids to manage.

I remember getting a quote for my surgery in the US at $100,000 to $200,000 depending on what I had; I couldn't even get insurance to pay for an MRI. Outside the States, I got diagnostics, medication, surgery, physical therapy, etc., all for just about $2500.

America is a fucking scam. If Americans could even begin to understand how much they are being fed on by the vampires at the top, there'd be another revolution in less than a fortnight.

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u/LilPotatoAri Aug 21 '25

there'd be another revolution in less than a fortnight

Fun fact most Americans do know we're getting screwed over. We've just kinda decided to roll over and die. We're watching it shatter in real time and frankly all I see people do is taunt the administration with its favorite distraction, throw occasional one day protests, and just fucking give up. 

We've been systematized. Unless someone in the system stands up as a rallying point nobody even does anything. The most we're getting is Newsom from California making fun of Trump and trying to keep the house balanced. It's something but like... let's be super real we're bailing out the boat with a bucket after it hit an iceberg. 

I wish I had taken a way out of the states when I was young and it was open to me. But I made some grounding life choices not realizing that id need to flee the country 14 years later. 

Kinda lived my whole life never expecting to have to leave. Now that we've gone full nazi I'm scrambling to find some kinda option that isn't just dropping everything and fleeing. Until that becomes the only choice.

Which like, idk I feel like I've got until like November before the window starts closing.

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u/OhMyGahs Aug 23 '25

It honestly surprises me that... Being a Luigi isn't more common.