What led to cynicism and pessimism becoming “cool”?

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have you read the Fourth Turning? touches on themes related to this - I think a lot of is generational/cyclical vibe shifts

boomers grew up in world when everything is great, lots of opportunities, then their kids grow up in a world where that’s not true & get jaded

a bit more nuanced but I think that’s the main cause. My guess is pessimism was cool in the 1920’s or something

Wrote a bit about it  

https://anquetil.substack.com/p/what-if-this-is-the-end

thanks for sharing! I need to look into this book, haven't heard of it