I got my bachelors degree in political science in December of 2024 and I feel like shit because I can’t find stable work. I’ve been working in retail/ cosmetic sales for the past 5 years and I can’t get out of it. I feel trapped. I wanted to get a job as a paralegal or a legal intake specialist or even a legal assistant. Every interview I went to, I got rejected because they picked someone else.

I’m not saying I regret my degree because I did learn a lot of useful stuff about society, culture, voting and government structures. I just wish my degree was enough to find a good job. I live in a small town with very little job options. I can’t afford to move to a big city and most of the legal assistant jobs I interviewed for that WAS in a big city, it only pays $19 an hour. The same amount I make at Sephora.

I want to go to law school someday but I’m feeling discouraged because competition is getting worse in terms of law school applications. I had a 3.3 GPA and my LSAT practice tests scores are awful. Application expectations for law schools are getting out of control where you basically have to get a 170+ to get accepted.

I’m 26 years old, I definitely thought I’d be at least starting my career by now. Don’t get me wrong I love makeup, it’s been a huge hobby of mine since I was 13 years old and I applied to Sephora 8 times before they fully offered me a job. I just don’t understand why every career feels impossible to achieve anymore.

Any views on Modern Democracy especially in developing world being a Sectarian Kleptocracy? Isn’t it time to bring on a new model? Being a liberal, I feel liberalism is in crisis all over.