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Our generation has had no Great Depression, no Great War. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.
— Tyler Durden • Fight Club
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An editorial interpretation.
The speaker contrasts the named crises of an earlier age with the inward struggles of their own generation. War becomes spiritual, while depression becomes a description of everyday life. The repeated terms turn large historical labels into a bleak account of how existence feels to the speaker.
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