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Gallup links rising US despair to political pessimism

Original: The benefits of living in a gerontocracy and a faux-democracy predicated on pandering to the Epstein class: "Gallup poin

Gallup findings show Americans reporting rising clinical depression and loneliness, difficulty affording housing, fear of losing jobs to artificial intelligence, and growing pessimism about the future. Commenters are framing the data as evidence of a gerontocratic, unresponsive political system serving wealthy elites, arguing that stagnant leadership and inequality are driving widespread despair and eroding faith in American democracy.

Why now: A new Gallup report on American wellbeing is being used to fuel criticism of the US political establishment and generational leadership.

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• The benefits of living in a gerontocracy and a faux-democracy predicated on pandering to the Epstein class: "Gallup pointed to rising clinical depression and loneliness, difficulty affording housing, fears of losing jobs to artificial intelligence and growing pessimism about… · Centurion480 · 4

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