> Most everything feels mass-produced and cheap
That's because most everything that you use other people want to use as well. Companies will manufacture them en mass. That's why they're cheap. That's a good thing.
Perhaps you should solder your next keyboard yourself?
I have a pair of logitech speakers that I bought 8 years ago (mass produced, of course) that sound great. And they were pretty cheap at the time.
What point are you making? Perhaps do some research before you buy a product.
> There is no reason to trust the banks.
Yes, you should read the contracts that you sign.
Beyond this, what do you mean? Trust the banks with what?
> Credit rating is bogeyman.
Try getting a large loan for a business or for a home or a car with poor credit.
You can get credit cards easily because the risk is lower (it's relatively small amounts of capital at risk and it's for a shorter term than a 30 year mortgage) and the reward is higher for the credit lending agent.
> Cars are expensive and limited in utility.
Agreed.
> Our parents set our city planning up for failure.
Yes, according to what you would deem a success in city planning at this moment in time.
> Our government doesn't care about us.
Social Security and Medicare/aid were never meant to be retirement plans.
I also don't know what this means beyond the healthcare/SS aspect? The government is people. They maintain the roads and infrastructure, don't they?
It's not perfect, but then again, if you're on HN you most likely live a life better than 99% of people in the world.
> Our companies don't care about us.
Sure, why would they? Social welfare is a role for the government to fill.
> Congratulations, we're all contract workers now.
Sounds good to me.
> We don't believe in advertising.
Sure, most commercials and billboards are pretty stupid, but define advertising. Advertising encompasses a lot of things that you probably find ok.
How do you hear about the products and services that you're searching for? From friends? How did they hear about it?
> We don't believe in the police.
Perhaps because the stories where the police do their job professionally don't get reported?
> We don't believe in the news.
You shouldn't absolutely believe in any news mainstream or not. The idea, however, that you are being actively lied to by journalists is just absurd. Journalists mainstream or not have biases and agendas.
Critical thinking is required to form a legitimate opinion regardless if the media is mainstream or not.
I really don't get the derision of mainstream media. It has a role, just as blogs and independent media does.
> We believe in each other
Agreed. But I hardly think this is unique to our generation. Rather, this is a human trait.
Your whole rant comes off as entitled. You haven't really said anything of value. Just hackneyed sentiments that you can see any day on reddit or on Facebook.
