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You are two of the wealthiest known organisms to have ever occupied this galaxy. https://twitter.com/CharlotteAlter/status/1108699246088409088 …

A lot of people are assuming she's talking about her own life, but I didn't read it that way. I thought she was talking about how people who grew up in her age bracket have viewed the state of the country as a whole, in their lifetimes.

I saw it as a reference to the end of “unlimited American prosperity” — the “death of the American Dream.” Young people no longer believe that studying and working hard gets you a good job, and with good reason. That’s what I think she meant.

If she's not talking about a group inclusive of the two of them, holy f*** the fruit roll-up talk is manipulative.

I think she is talking about a group inclusive of the two of them, but that entire group hasn't "experienced American prosperity" in the sense of experienced living in a country on the rise the way we were in the 50's

I mean, maybe?

... Yeah, in the context of her article it's even clearer; she's saying an entire generation hasn't experienced American prosperity (which pretty clearly can't mean "no individuals in my generation are wealthy") https://twitter.com/CharlotteAlter/status/1109112225556504576 …

(I guess it's possible she's claiming to be poor herself, that just seems less likely to me)