The popularity of STEM, people telling each other to go into STEM because there is where the money is. It takes the brightest minds and hyperspecializes them, focused on improving stuff, but when it comes to understanding humanity, history, politics and fixing real societal problems they are far removed. Because if they land that job, they get well paid, probably with that post-modern boss that acts like he is your friend.

This hard divide between the humanities and STEM, this hyperfixation on specialization, this necessity of being employable, this burden of student debt. This has made the world a dumber place. The intellectual class of today is cowardice and doesn't speak up, those who do get marginalized and negatively or barely mentioned in corporate media. Lots of books get written but fewer people tend to read them.
The world is fucked, corruption is everywhere. We're being taught that we shouldn't ask questions, we should just solve highly specific problems, usually those that earn someone else a bunch of money.
We should just go on, get a job, be professional, get money and do normal things. Sure get a vacation, sure enjoy your leisure time. Don't insult your boss, be subservient cause he can fire you anytime. Capitalism is destroying our world, our soul, our humanity. What can save us from our selves? The environment is collapsing, humanitarian crisis all over the world, people are working multiple jobs just to be able to pay rent, education is getting worse. The world is in crisis and right wing proto fascist rhetoric speaks to people's suffering but projects it onto external enemies. Xenophobia tears apart the working class.

What is our hope?