It’s not just Millenials. My brother is a Gen Yer. He’s 29, living with our mother, been unemployed over 5 years, never pays for anything, and is constantly involved in illicit prescription drug use and distribution.
It finally happened just a couple weekends ago that he got nailed on possession charges, and my mother FINALLY realizes that she’s enabling him. Now that he’s facing felony charges, he’s not only going to be unhireable, he’s going to be homeless as well.
My fiancee always says, “Until you eat condiment sandwiches, you don’t know hardship.” My brother’s never had to eat condiment sandwiches, and I dare say that many Gen Yers and most Millenials have been sheltered. Once life comes crashing down around them, they become inutile and incapable of caring for themselves, hence our future issue with welfare kids. It’ll never get better, because society has made getting by on the bare minimum not only acceptable but attainable.
It CAN get better, but only if it gets worse first. As long as the government can borrow enough money to finance handouts for moochers we will remain in stasis. It is unlikely that the welfare state can be maintained much longer. After that, anyone conditioned to rely on government will find themselves eating condiment sandwiches...if they are lucky. They will need to get busy fast if they plan to survive.
Damn, condiment sandwiches. I remember those from my post-Uni days. And living out of my car, going to a local Y and paying a buck to use their shower.
My parents never knew, I never let them til the day they died. I’m sure they know now.
Now I own a house, have little debt and can’t stand the moochers of *any* generation.