Why Today’s Youth Feel Cheated by the System

8 Sept 2025 · 9 min
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TJ Walker argues that today’s young people are the unhappiest generation, citing large-scale research (1.7 million people across 44 countries) and rising measures of despair and suicide among youth. He attributes the decline in youth mental health to smartphones and social media, economic pressures (high housing costs, student debt), and cuts to mental-health supports, and offers personal recommendations (limit social media time, exercise) as partial remedies while criticizing elite universities for high costs.

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1.7 million people from 44 countries.

From 2.9% in 1993 to up to 8% in recent years.

From 3.22% in 1993 to 9.3% in recent years.

It increased by 70% between 2008 and 2020.

Smartphones came to market in 2007; mass adoption peaked around 2010.

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