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      2 out of the 3 movies pictured involve job loss: one spree kicked off by losing the job, and one story about the tension of the “will they or won’t they fire me” and the arbitrariness and unfairness of it all.

      So no, only one of these involves unrest amidst a stable career. The others are about unstable careers.

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      Isn’t the point of “falling down” that

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      he got fired/laid off from his defence industry job?

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      Gen X: why aren’t the millennials thanking us? We took away their benefits and stability. They should feel way more alive now!

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        That’s another Brad Pitt character, Achilles:

        I’ll tell you a secret. Something they don’t teach you in your temple. The Gods envy us. They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.