Is it really alright, then, to refer to adulthood as a scam? I guess it is not, but sometimes the pressure that comes along with it causes one to think otherwise. I might not be as old as you are, and I certainly have not gathered the experiences you have, but I have realised that we simply survive by selling our time for money too. I might as well not have been alive in the 1980s, but having experienced my childhood in the early 2000s, the shift in generation is quite obvious. I agree that each generation is marked by experiences that only it has lived through, but these experiences tend to be different with different decades or even years. Changes occur so fast that we almost cannot see them; all we can probably do is live our best lives, yet the understanding of what a good life is seems to be relative.
This is powerful reflection on life, and I certainly enjoyed reading through. I also got some lessons on life. Thank you so much @xrayman for sharing.