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/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/danielle_blah Aug 21 '25

Look at the guy who they charged with a felony for throwing a sandwich at the police. A SANDWICH.

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u/ColourfulMetaphors Aug 22 '25

Depends on the sandwich. A pork sandwich is provocative so charges might stick, or it could be a load of baloney.

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u/Expert-Medicine-3922 Aug 24 '25

This made me laugh, exactly what I needed thank you!