>>213626146It was, dude had everything on paper needed to be successful, great career, large house, lots of money, a family etc. but he was unhappy, marriage was failing, lacked connection with his daughter...caused him to be nostalgic and long for shit from his youth i.e. the simple job, being in shape, having the car he always wanted but never got, banging younger girls etc.
Definitely falls into the late 90s trend of The End of History, of American neo-liberal democracy emerging as the winner of the Cold War, of westerners living in an unprecedented time of stability but still being unhappy and living in a cultural malaise they can't make sense of