The Archetypes of 21st Century Reality
16 videos • 2 views • by hickoryhound This playlist tells the story of America’s fraying middle through raw, symbolic characters. Each archetype reflects a real tension in today’s economy: collapse, survival, or reinvention. From the Laid-Off Millworker to the Aspiring Creator, from the Grandmother Who Stayed to the Extractors who engineered the decline—these aren’t just characters. They’re composites of real people living in the ruins of what was promised.