We know what’s coming and we are prepared.
đź“ť Lomez on X:
"Zoomers are the first cohort to be fully immersed in the reality of generational downward mobility. While millenials will also earn less than their parents, they were formed under the expectations of America ascending to a kind of Post-History stasis where at worst their status and wealth was permanently locked in.
Zoomers have none of these illusions and rightfully reject the obsolete and facile narratives they’re expected to swallow and obey to make sense of their lives and ambitions. Those are dead narratives. They do not reflect reality at all. They do not reflect the deranged cultural and political circumstances they’re expected to navigate from a position of negative expected value for pretty much any career path outside of genius tech outlier.
Scolding them is a stupid and pointless exercise that will only drive them further into despair and resentment.
Yes. Don’t be resentful. Don’t give in to despair. Be resourceful and lay a claim on your own life. But it’s also going to require offering Zoomers much better and updated narratives and opportunities for how to accrue status and wealth and the basic conditions for living a dignified life for the average guy who is not an outlier tech genius.
There are short, medium, and long term fixes for this. Some straightforwardly political. Some more complex cultural questions. But the implicit promise of boomer America, even Gen X America, is no longer viable, and that broken promise has absolutely nothing to do with Zoomers themselves."
đź“Ž Lomez
Unhinged…Emotional regulation is not his jam…his board should be concerned.
EDWARD DOWD
Lawton Ok (Ft Sill Army) through SW OK had phone outage, on "emergency call only" until 11p central last night.
🇺🇸📰 There is a flurry of reports over the past 72 hrs from the US media (NYT, WSJ, WaPo, Axios, CBS, etc) raising questions on US readiness for major war with Iran.
There's too much for it to be coincidence. Either the WH is trying to signal to its allies that they're taking a deal or the Pentagon is trying to tie Trump's hands or make sure they're not blamed for the result of war.
To be clear, the Pentagon has its own press people who go behind the White House's back all the time to shape media narratives. Its often done to manipulate the President by having the press describe his as weak or indecisive. So this certainly does not go without precedent.
USS Gerald Ford's blocked toilets are becoming a meme. Complaining about the toilets on a $13 billion ship seems like a cheeky way to draw attention to the "readiness deficit" of a carrier that's been at sea for too long, which would raise questions about air defenses and air wing systems. Navy Dept had opposed the USS Ford's ...
