我在搏击俱乐部看见了有史以来最强壮、最聪明的人，我看到了各种潜 | 21世紀新青年

我在搏击俱乐部看见了有史以来最强壮、最聪明的人，我看到了各种潜能，它们就这样被浪费了。艹 的！整整一代人都在当加油工、服务员和穿着白领的奴隶。广告诱导我们追求车子、衣服，做着我们不喜欢的工作去买我们不需要的东西。我们是被历史遗忘的一代，没有目的，没有地位。我们没有世界大战，没有经济大萧条。我们的大战是心灵之战，我们的萧条是我们的生活。我们从小看着电视长大，相信自己有一天会成为富翁、影帝、摇滚巨星。但是我们不会。我们慢慢意识到了这个现实，然后我们非常、非常地愤怒。

Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who've ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.

— Fight Club (1999)