But the most interesting counter-signals right now are the small, almost boring things. Gen Alpha prefers stores to feeds and movie theaters to streaming. The oldest are only 16, but they’re the first generation growing up after a lot of the economy stopped requiring broad material participation. They watched Millennials try gig economy hustles -... See more

Make America Great Again is nostalgia! It’s policy nostalgia for a world that no longer exists - manufacturing jobs, single-income households, pensions, and thriving local economics. The genius/horror of MAGA is it correctly diagnoses that material participation has been destroyed, but the “solution” is impossible because you can’t restore material... See more