The real problem (in the US) is that for many many people on the app there’s absolutely nothing real to really look forward to. There’s a bit of a doom on a lot of the younger generations who are gonna be the ones to handle the effects of climate change, have insane costs of living, education, and healthcare. They have zero representation in any policymaking, as they enter their 20s to their 30s and now their 40s.

Let them have a thing that makes their day a little brighter, or if you’re in an older generation encourage your peers to get out of the way so they can fix the damn problems.

The worsening trend is what it takes to survive, let alone thrive in the US, and tiktok is something that people would pay less attention to if there were more agency to have better lives and not just slave it away for some holding company’s shareholders.