Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. – Albert Einstein
The young and educated are angry. And they have every right to be. The promise was simple: Get a degree, get a good job, and secure a future. But it’s falling apart, and everyone knows it. The system is breaking down, from the U.S. to China, across Europe and beyond.
- Educated youth worldwide are frustrated, burdened by debt, low-paying jobs, and shrinking opportunities, challenging the traditional promise of a stable career through college.
- AI threatens to accelerate job losses, further destabilizing the workforce and putting even high-skilled roles at risk.
- Political movements are emerging, with young women driving leftward shifts and others veering toward far-right parties as anger mounts across the spectrum.
Debt piles up. Paychecks stay small. Jobs, when they come, don’t pay enough. Parents see it. In Japan, 80% are worried about their kids’ future. In the U.S., barely 10% of young people think the country is on the right track.
Millennials are carrying student loans like stones around their necks. Rents are sky-high. Forget buying a house—half of young adults in America still live with their parents. In Europe, many can’t even find work.
And now AI is here to make things worse. The machines are coming, and they don’t need breaks. By 2030, 12 million Americans might be out of work, replaced by algorithms. Google and Meta are already cutting jobs. Thousands gone, with more to come. Even freelancers are feeling the squeeze. The gigs are drying up.
Hollywood isn’t safe either. Writers, actors—no one is. AI can mimic voices, write scripts, even generate fake faces. The lines between real and artificial blur, and soon, nobody will know what’s true.
But the fury has a face. It’s young and often female. Single women are leading the charge, especially in the U.S. Their voices echo through protests and college campuses, pushing politics leftward. They helped the Democrats hold back a red wave in 2022, with a focus on rights, healthcare, and equality.
Still, not all the anger leans left. In Europe, far-right parties are gaining traction among the youth. France’s Le Pen, Italy’s Meloni—they speak to many. In the U.S., young men are shifting right while young women lean the other way.
This is a generation that’s fed up. And if they can’t find a way forward, they’ll tear down the barriers in their way.
The Morning Muster
