" In fact, a lot of life is hopeless today, even for middle-class kids. I mean, for the first time in I think human history, middle-class kids now assume they are not going to live as well as their parents―that's really something new, that's never happened before. My kids, for example, assume that they are probably not going to live the way that we live. Think about it, that's never happened before in history. And they're probably right, except accidentally―like, some of them may, but on average they won't. "
― Noam Chomsky , Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky