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I appreciate this thread. It brought out the super smart FReepers and I love reading them. Excellent discussion.

Thanks.

You're very smart and a thinker. It will take you a while to figure stuff out correctly, though. Intelligence is one thing, wisdom comes with experience and age. Listen to these old timers. They are the teachers, not you. They've been where you're going.

And I don't mean that in a bad way.

Anyway, thanks for the cool thread.

I’m not referring to the need of government to distribute inheritance, but rather the instinct of the parent to provide such an inheritance.

I think there are some distinctions necessary for the conversation. Giving ones children a better foundation is good. Going beyond that is problematic. There is a tremendous amount of subjectivity and individual-case that goes into that. Some people don’t need to go through the struggle. Most young people will find it invaluable in order to have a basis for value later in life, where the drive to produce is invested in them, and where a sense of what the tradeoffs are for an action is gained.

A very large proportion of the current generation of young adults went through a near-decade of parental affluence combined with a dearth of opportunity. Where the young had an abnormally low ability to compete at the lowest levels in many areas of endeavor, combined with a ridiculous level of support with no effort on their own part. Where an appreciation of what can be gained and what it cost and costs was lost.

That excessive support, combined with the blockade to reward, and has caused a lot of the issues with the suspension of reality - not to mention that society is nowhere close to catching up with social media and the proliferation of catered information.

Most who don’t go through the time of struggle end up having a comprehension of the value of other people’s money, and frequently even, those people’s right to it. Enough people aren’t aware even then. (As an aside, I suspect this has a lot to do with Hollywood’s issues on the subject, as their success is so whimsical).

"I’m not referring to the need of government to distribute inheritance, but rather the instinct of the parent to provide such an inheritance."

So Dad bought a motorcycle and is now spending ~~your inheritance~~ his money on a hottie half his age? Look at the bright side - at his age that motorcycle (or that young piece of ass) will probably kill him before he gets old and medical bills eat up your inheritance.

You're doing well in here young man. Don't let the the outrage your (possibly misunderstood) sense of entitlement brought out discourage you. You are way ahead of where any of us were at your age. TPTB really didn't see the power for self education that the internet was going to enable and now they are going to suffer the consequences of letting your generation see the world as it actually is.

The only advice I have for you is, when the time comes make them pay and make them pay in a way that keeps them from coming back for a long damn time. Well, that and cut your Dad some slack :)