my family growing up in rural tn in the late 80s early 90s and were lower class to lower middle class, both parents were factory workers (union jobs), high school dropouts, never made more than 45k income combined, and yet we had 3x 4wheelers, 2 boats, 3 horses on our own land, i had 2 go-carts, multiple motorcycles, every console from every generation except a neo geo, etc. etc. to be lower class or lower middle class in america in 2024 is to live a mad max existence that europeans can't possibly understand (though they will soon enough). most humans cannot handle the stress of such an existence, and they snap, resulting in the violent schizo psychotic breaks you see in many videos. people point to drugs, but the drug use itself (for most people, not all) is a symptom of the underlying misery.
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