numberwang said:
SpokenTruth said:
In fact, the entire concept is a cop out by the older generations to make themselves feel better and absolve blame for fucking everything up for the generation after them.
You paid 4 years of college with a part time summer job.
We will be paying for 4 years of college for decades with money from the very job we went to college to get.
You bought a house, a car, a retirement account, set up a college fund for your kids, afforded healthcare...all in your early 20s and on 1 income for a family of 4.
We can barely afford rent, no retirement, no college fund, can't afford healthcare...all on a 2 earner income with no kids.
So spare us the avocados and lattes. It's you skyrocketing the costs of healthcare, education and housing.
It's a slap in the face for you to fuck it all up and then blame our lack of financial stability on us eating. |
Is it possible that the older generation behaved in different ways and thus had different results?
- Start to work with 16
- No single-lifestyle, no rent payments, instead live with your parents until you marry
- No college, except for the few academics
- No spending on internet, telephone, TV packages etc.
- Prefer cheap rural America over hip metropolitan cities
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You severely underestimate the impact of economic conditions.
Wages have remained stagnant while the cost of living has increased between now and 1975. Most young Americans do not go to college, even though college is increasingly a requirement if you want a decent paying job. Also more young adults are living with their parents now since the 1940s. Jobs in rural areas are nice IF you can find them and internet is a necessity in today's world. Saving money helps only to a certain point.
