The Premium Mediocre Life of Maya Millenial
This is kind of meandering, and it loses the thread a bit in the end (it feels like he&#x27;s getting to a point he&#x27;s uncomfortable with ideologically), but it&#x27;s extremely accurate. The bigger point about creating the future - that he seems to miss - is that it&#x27;s a future _not everyone wants_, which drives a huge part of the &quot;maga&#x2F;bernie&quot; divide he discusses.<p>He is right though - the rate of downward mobility among my young, bourgeoisie 20-somethings friends in NYC is shocking. 90%+ of my friends don&#x27;t save anything, but take elaborate vacations several times a year, or go to multiple, expensive festivals. I have no idea what most of them would do if they lost their jobs. One of my friends quit their job and instantly is poor. They spent 3 weeks in Europe a month ago. He really hits the nail on the head in exploring their motivations, in my opinion.