<story><title>GameStop, Bitcoin and the Commoditization of Populist Rage</title><url>https://www.stephendiehl.com/blog/gamestop.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Clewza313</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;Everyday I see a world where many in my generation have simply given up all hope for opportunity of a family, a house, a stable career and forced to confront an uncertain future in a world that is slowly boiling itself to death.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;South Korea and Japan are 10-20 years ahead of the same curve here.  However, the result has been resignation and stagnation, not revolution.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Sampo_generation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Sampo_generation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Satori_generation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Satori_generation&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nostrademons</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s a pretty big difference between East Asian cultures and contemporary American culture, though.  The former tend to be shame-based cultures: &amp;quot;I can&amp;#x27;t succeed, and this is because I am personally a failure.&amp;quot;  The latter tends to be an anger-based culture: &amp;quot;I can&amp;#x27;t succeed, and this is because the government &amp;#x2F; corporations &amp;#x2F; landlords &amp;#x2F; George Soros fucked me over.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Elsewhere in the world, this same generation also represents itself as ISIS and revolutionaries in Syria, cartels and gangs in Mexico &amp;amp; central America, and pirates in Somalia.  As a developed nation, demographic realities reached America after they reached those countries.  We&amp;#x27;ll see what form it takes here.</text></comment>
<story><title>GameStop, Bitcoin and the Commoditization of Populist Rage</title><url>https://www.stephendiehl.com/blog/gamestop.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Clewza313</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;Everyday I see a world where many in my generation have simply given up all hope for opportunity of a family, a house, a stable career and forced to confront an uncertain future in a world that is slowly boiling itself to death.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;South Korea and Japan are 10-20 years ahead of the same curve here.  However, the result has been resignation and stagnation, not revolution.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Sampo_generation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Sampo_generation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Satori_generation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Satori_generation&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mc32</author><text>I think comfort is something that affects people.&lt;p&gt;People in poor countries, the Philippines for example, have fewer opportunities, less ability to save, yet somehow form families, raise kids and look to a better tomorrow.&lt;p&gt;In rich countries people feel like they’re missing something if they’re not keeping up with the Joneses.&lt;p&gt;In the Philippines not many people are ashamed of second hand clothing.  In Korea that’s just not something people would do.&lt;p&gt;It’s not pride but it’s also not the best way to deal with reality.</text></comment>