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It absolutely does take two, but I'd say the hamster wheel has spun ever faster while we try to plan retirement etc. Medical costs for things like diabetes are out-fucking-rageous, there is no pension system, higher education used to be 1/32nd of a years salary (yes, accounting for inflation) etc etc.
I've taken to planning as though social security simply will not exist by the time I'm ready for it, never mind the possibility of environmentally driven war and displacement.
The future is always in flux, but reflecting on history, it seems things are tremendously more difficult than before.
You and I are in agreement.
Things are tough.
But smarts, creativity, and hard work never go out of style.