Why 25 is the New Career Midlife Crisis - and What To Do About It (part 1)

Описание: Think getting pushed out of the workforce at 50 is just bad luck? It’s not. It’s a pattern. A setup. One that’s been quietly screwing over generation after generation—and calling it “progress.”

In Part 1 of this two-part breakdown, we go all the way back to the Lost Generation and track how midlife went from being your prime to your pink slip.

This isn’t some motivational fluff or economics lesson. This is raw, uncomfortable truth about aging, work, and why the system has never had your back.

Here’s what we get into:
• The generational lie that “hard work pays off”
• How Social Security wasn’t generosity—it was damage control
• What happens when pensions disappear and loyalty becomes a liability
• How midlife betrayal got rebranded every decade
• Why aging out at 50 isn’t a glitch—it’s the blueprint

This is Part One—covering the Lost Generation through the Boomers.

Part Two picks up with Gen X through Gen Z, and it only gets colder from here.

Big thanks to @ManhattanRats for giving my generational breakdown a once-over—he’s got a master’s in Labor Studies and made sure I didn’t screw up the history.

🔗 Drop a comment if this hits home. Or if your family lived through this—tell me what it looked like. I read every one.

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⏰Chapters:⏰
00:00 Introduction: The Generational Betrayal
01:14 The Lost Generation: Dreams Shattered by the Great Depression
03:12 The Greatest Generation: Promises and Pitfalls of Post-War America
06:00 The Silent Generation: Loyalty Betrayed in the Age of Deregulation
09:53 The Baby Boomers: Stability and the Illusion of the American Dream
12:33 Conclusion: The Unraveling of the American Dream
13:37 Teaser for Part Two: Gen X to Gen Z