Comment by SamPatt

Let's look at the past ten years.

Food has gone way up in cost and down in quality.

Private equity bought out the healthcare system where I lived so now it takes months to get an appointment and the quality of care is horrible.

Not that matters since the health insurance I pay hundreds for a month wouldn't cover anything anyways because it's through UHC.

My job keeps getting rid of positions because they want to "do more with less" but it just means I'm doing more work while being paid the same.

If I buy a new car it will spy on me and sell my data. The state DMV already sold my personal info without my permission and now I get constant spam.

Private equity bought out many of the restaurants I liked going to and ruined them.

Third spaces in my city have been mostly destroyed.

The social media sites I used to use were overrun by bots.

I can't upgrade my PC because hardware prices have gone insane.

Gas is like $5 a gallon now so I can't really justify going on any trips anymore.

Private equity bought up most of the rentals where I live and so now I pay much more for rent on top of crazy monthly fees while the building I live in is falling apart because they refuse to fix it. Housing prices have also gone up so much that I have no hope of owning a house.

And more.

AI has fixed none of these issues.

As a middle aged man, thing are indeed getting worse every year.