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I am 29, and I watched a documentary about the 2008 financial crisis, and of course I was too young in 2008 to really "feel" it. It got me to think about our current economic climate, so my question is relatively simple to those who were adults in 2008:

Is the world right now in an actual really, really tough time economically, or am I and my peers just "feeling" and "seeing" it because we're now adults? For example, did you feel similarly, or perhaps even worse, during and after 2008?

Sorry if I sound ignorant, just don't know how much I can trust my own instincts as I tend to overdramatise things presented to me by media.

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  • no need to be sorry! though I'm not 40, i don't feel the above requires 40+, since we can look back and statistical data - yes things have got worse many times worse, nearly every year for like 30 years in the row, wages have gone down, from the front row seat the numbers have gone up but from the back-row you see the prices of everything have gone up way more then wages, we're on one of history worst financial crisis ever, but i still have HOPE! things are changing so rapidly with AI that i believe we will be all free soon! we just need to hold out 5 - 10 years more! which is nothing! it;s fairly short-term compared to a lot of things! Wall of China toke 5000 years to build! 

    It will get better! all you need is that spark of HOPE! what are your special obsessions atm? - go do more! and wait for the storm to pass, then reach out into the light!

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  • no need to be sorry! though I'm not 40, i don't feel the above requires 40+, since we can look back and statistical data - yes things have got worse many times worse, nearly every year for like 30 years in the row, wages have gone down, from the front row seat the numbers have gone up but from the back-row you see the prices of everything have gone up way more then wages, we're on one of history worst financial crisis ever, but i still have HOPE! things are changing so rapidly with AI that i believe we will be all free soon! we just need to hold out 5 - 10 years more! which is nothing! it;s fairly short-term compared to a lot of things! Wall of China toke 5000 years to build! 

    It will get better! all you need is that spark of HOPE! what are your special obsessions atm? - go do more! and wait for the storm to pass, then reach out into the light!

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