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CMV: The average American life is futile and empty

Once people are in their adult stage, they have to start working 9-5, most likely 5 times a week. It is most likely a job that they dislike, but there is no other choice than to work just to maintain your well-being and image. As we get older, our hormones decay, meaning we lose the passion, sex drive, and overall energy that we once had when we were teenagers/young adults. 

Yes, we might marry someone we initially love, but statistically, there is a 53% chance of divorce in the United States. And, even if one decides not to divorce, the love with their spouse will eventually die down. Sex will not be like it used to, they will become tired and bored of each other, and possibly even angry or hateful.

One might even have a child, but at this point, his/her main duty is to work and care for your child by any means. Now, you essentially live for someone else and you cannot enjoy your life for yourself. Also, you cannot pay attention to your spouse, and the relationship will go further downhill. There will be increased pressure of working harder and harder just for your kid(s)/family. 

At some point you're just a breathing robot.
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From this perspective, why aren't *all* lives futile and empty? Why just American?

A separate avenue of argument: statistics about failure are not a great basis for such criticism -- 53 percent of marriages ending in divorce doesn't make the attempt worthless. After all, 100 percent of lives end in death, and yet we try to make the most of them.