An interesting alternative take:
Young folks have nothing.
They won’t fight your any Global War.
They won’t be buying your house.
They won’t be funding your Social Security cushion.
They don’t believe what Boomers/GenX believe.
They are angry and feel betrayed.
And it’s not from buying too much Avocado Toast.
The good thing for Boomer Cons?
They won’t be around when the Real Shiite hits the Real Fan.
I’ve heard that same song before, about sixty years ago. Back then they were a lot more succinct though.
Never trust anyone over 30.
Very good.
I have seven kids born between 1980 and 2009, and I'm a eyewitness to the Gen Z disaster.
It's a really narrow band, but a bunch of mine are in it.
It was called, 'the factory'. Every city and town had 'a factory'. Everyone could find work with a paycheck to buy a car, start a family, and buy a house. It was called, 'The American Dream'.
A lot of people here don't understand how much has changed since they entered the job market.
What can a kid who doesn't go to college expect? A job at Starbucks? Then what? What do they move up to? Each level up requires fewer people. How many of them can move into management?
The job opportunities and advancements are greatly reduced. That's why you hear people in think tanks talking about 'universal basic income'.
Will AI create enough new jobs for the majority of young adults to be productive and financially independent and a new "American Dream"?
“An interesting alternative take:
Young folks have nothing.
They won’t fight your any Global War.
They won’t be buying your house.
They won’t be funding your Social Security cushion.
They don’t believe what Boomers/GenX believe.
They are angry and feel betrayed.
And it’s not from buying too much Avocado Toast.
The good thing for Boomer Cons?
They won’t be around when the Real Shiite hits the Real Fan.”
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And yet we wonder here daily about the turn of those same young people toward Socialism. The Capitalist model hasn’t worked for them.