World Getting Harder?

[nightmare-receiver]

Does anyone else feel like the world we live in is getting harder to survive in every day? I'm trans, so this is kind of directed towards other minorities, but anyone can answer. I'm in the US, and it feels like every day gets worse for people like me. The world is so hostile to anyone outside of the "norm." Every time I open any social media or something it's like I'm bombarded by how everyone is going to treat me and people like me like freaks who deserve suffering. It's not just the internet, people have been awful in person too. It's hard to feel like the world is ever going to get any kinder to me. It makes me feel hopeless, but also so unbelievably angry. I hate the general populace more and more every day.

Aside from the feelings of it all, everything is just such a dangerous pain in the ass. I can't change my name or gender marker because then I can't get a passport. If I apply for jobs and then get an interview, it's obvious my name doesn't match what I look like, so I can't even try to keep it a secret from employers. My job right now is cool about it, but it's my part time job from high school, and since I graduated college I'm going to have to try and branch out. Other jobs I've had have been awful about it. I just feel like the odds are stacked against me everywhere I look. It's hard to hold out for a better future when the world feels like it gets worse every day.

 

[itsgone2]

It's tough for everyone.
Private equity is destroying everything.

 

[nightmare-receiver]

You're so right. I didn't even get into the whole 'is it possible to have a life that isn't about working your life away for no benefits while prices go up and wages don't' because I didn't want to ramble too much lol. Private equity is at fault for so many problems.

It's tough for everyone.
Private equity is destroying everything

 

[myquest]

it used to be so much easier to get jobs or internships in tech. i've been kinda screwed over due to AI and the world as it is. it made me give up.

 

[hurts2b]

I'm not in exactly the same situation as you but yes. The world is for sure getting more difficult for many people. I see conversation about it everywhere. In my country there's a recession going on. Censorship and surveillance are being ramped up all across the globe. It's an especially bad time to be making the transition from school to work. It's also a difficult time for people switching fields or moving between jobs. Things are tough.

 

[never mind me]

Although I am not part of a minority and thankfully not living in the US I feel very much the same. Since the pandemic there was really high inflation, especially regarding food prices and there is a housing crisis, meaning that it is really hard to find a place to live at all and if you do you can easily spend almost half of your wage on rent alone. Add to that a horrible government, lobbyism that is on its way to destroy democracy and lots of young people who think the way to get these issues solved is to vote for fascist parties. However, I think the situation really depends on the specific situation of the country and the government. During and immediately after the pandemic the government where I live was a lot more decent, so despite many of the problems already being an issue I didn't feel quite as hopeless as I do now. Currently the political situation and the fact that everything gets more expensive while wages stagnate or even go down (at least in the field I work) is reason enough to not wish to continue to live. My main regret is pursueing a career that is practically useless outside of my home country, otherwise I might just try to find another country where I could live.

 

[Lookingtoflyfree]

Yes - it's getting harder. I belong to multiple marginalized groups and am pretty much giving up on ever working again. It's worse too with ageism. Work is an incredible source of stress and having to compete with these hyperaggressive personalities is too much.