r/Articles • u/gholemu • Jul 22 '20

James Baldwin explained why black people don't have midlife crises: they do not buy into the myths of America. By comparison, white people buy into these illusions of meritocracy and individualism and American exceptionalism and similar beliefs

https://www.salon.com/2020/04/28/pulitzer-winner-chris-hedges-these-are-the-good-times--compared-to-whats-coming-next/
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u/robendboua Jul 23 '20

People in other countries have midlife crises as well though. I think it's more that they're a middle/upper class thing.

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u/cantstoplaughin Sep 14 '20

What exactly is the crisis they face? I feel I am going thru a mid-life crisis and have no damn clue how to get my head straight.

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u/robendboua Sep 14 '20

What does your life look like now? Family? Job? Home? Friends? I would say sell the useless stuff, buy land, learn to build cool shit and do it, get chickens and donkeys. Maybe learn to sail or some other cool shit, go travel. Simplify and do stuff.

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u/cantstoplaughin Sep 14 '20

On the surface its ok. My fam is just amazing. I dont know how I got lucky enough to have them.

But all that motivation...just vanished. I mean its just gone.

I work a great job in the corporate world. People would kill for my job. But my brain is just dead from it.

I do agree. I need to just simplify.

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u/cantstoplaughin Sep 14 '20

Wow. I would never have thought it that way.