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Gallup finds Americans gloomier about life and opportunity
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A new Gallup report points to rising clinical depression and loneliness among Americans, along with difficulty affording housing, fears of jobs being lost to artificial intelligence, and growing pessimism about the country's direction. Commentators sharing the findings are framing them as evidence of a failing political system dominated by ageing elites and wealthy insiders, arguing that economic and social decline is the predictable result.
Why now: Fresh Gallup data on depression, loneliness, housing costs and AI job fears is being cited as proof of broader political and social decline.
Evidence
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