In this episode of Beyond 80%, host Ryan Olexson sits down with 26-year-old content creator and YouTuber Damon Cassidy to explore one of the most overlooked forces shaping modern life: how work became the primary source of our identity—and what that's costing us. Damon shares the story of how a banking job, an 11-cent raise, and a front-row seat to financial collapse pushed him to quit and build a platform dedicated to telling the truth about work culture and society. Together, Ryan and Damon trace the arc from agrarian survival to industrial revolution, the post-WWII prosperity myth, and all the way to today's generational divide—unpacking how each generation has internalized, resisted, or been shaped by the systems they inherited.

Damon Cassidy's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DamonCassidy

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