“Things many of the doge staffers are too young to have experienced yet”

This I think pervades the zeitgeist of the moment. Regardless of age, we have fabulously wealthy (mostly men) who have experienced little to no suffering in life. Now they come into power and bring that arrogant attitude you have before life shows you that it owes you nothing.

I used to think “why do I pay school taxes” when I bought my first house, before I had kids.

I used to think “why does anyone need help” before I lost my house to a forced short sale.

I used to think “who cares about healthcare” and then my wife almost died of sepsis contracted through surgery for breast cancer.

Too many people in charge have zero empathy because their lived experience is becoming fabulously wealthy and pretty much nothing else. No wonder we are living in a terrible timeline.