i think it has to do with the timing of our disappointment. things fell apart after we had fully internalized unipolar-moment optimism. the world is getting better and better and you're a loser if things aren't working out for you. 1/

the millennials had solidarity in collapse, everyone knew everything was broken by the time they reached early adulthood, and they collectively complained and complained and complained in cacophony about it. 2/

we were already atomized into adulthood, fundamentally alone, and our intuitions had been formed during an earlier era. many of us are living lives far less grand than what we'd expected would come easily. that merges easily into a fascist-adjacent narrative, somebody stole your birthright. /fin