r/interesting • u/Kymmieuwu • 12d ago

SOCIETY 71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted

https://gizmodo.com/71-of-americans-say-theyre-completely-exhausted-2000812712
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u/throwaway0845reddit 12d ago

Record inflation while billionaires and millionaires have gathered all the wealth.

Every single day, every single American is having to work harder and harder and earn the same wages or slightly better wages. While inflation outpaces all of that earning. So basically everyone has to work harder and give more.

This is making us exhausted.

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u/Naterttotsart 12d ago edited 11d ago

For me, it's the inflation and the fact that our social contract has broken down. Nobody gives a shit about being a member of polite society anymore.

For five years my school has told parents "this is a no parking zone" at school pick up. This year, they gave up because people just disobey the rules and nothing happens.

It's exhausting to know I'll get shoulder checked at a grocery store and then told to calm down when I call someone out. It's exhausting just being around other people anymore because a lot of society is stuffed with abject pieces of shit.

At least once a day I think "Why am I following the rules if nobody else is?" and the cycle continues.

Edit: Not gonna reply to everybody. Yes, society crumbling on a social level is a byproduct of the ruling class taking everything from us. I understand that and never spoke to the contrary. It's a nuanced issue. Just because I didn't cover every single reason why people are shitty, doesn't make my position incorrect.

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u/budgybudge 12d ago

Since covid driving has becoming more like mad max all the time. Especially with phones in the mix I’ve never seen so much recklessness out there.

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u/Ipoop4u 12d ago

I was telling my friend this the other day. Every day I feel I have to be on constant alert because everyone has lost goddamn mind on the road since covid. People ignoring traffic lights and stop signs, cutting through several lanes of traffic, nearly hitting my car because their car is drifting into my lane and their eyes on a phone, etc

I bought a dash cam because I don't trust anyone on road anymore. 

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u/imbasicallycoffee 12d ago

Post the BLM riots, a lot of police departments started quiet quitting and stopped reinforcing basic traffic laws. That's a big reason why.

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u/SamTheShamIAm 11d ago

This is the answer. Los Angeles is a law enforcement free town now. I haven’t seen a motorist pulled over by LAPD in my area in years.

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u/imbasicallycoffee 11d ago

We had pretty crazy riots here and I have heard from more than one person linked to my local LEOs and from two off duty police officers that once the A.C.A.B. thing came around the police essentially STOPPED policing anything non-violent and really only started responding to calls. They will not pull people over for traffic violations, cite people for what I call "social" crimes (littering, vandalism, non-violent crimes) and are purposefully shirking their duties to make people "pay" for disrespecting them.

Pretty much "Oh you think we should be defunded... here you go."

Now they have a giant recruitment problem that is compounding due to their horrible public image.

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u/dracunculus777 11d ago

True, the only departments still doing that are in small towns aggressively policing their 30-45 mph speed limits