Posted on 12/10/2023 9:25:20 AM PST by FarCenter
The younger generations seem increasingly crazed. A worrying proportion of the young sympathises with those who launch terror attacks against Israel, supports the immediate elimination of fossil fuels or demands the wiping out of gender distinctions. All these positions are troubling in themselves, but they also reflect a deeper malady – a mostly apolitical breakdown of social norms, personal interaction, literacy and logical thinking.
No single issue has catalysed Gen Z, as the Vietnam War did for the Baby Boomer generation. Boomers were angry but did not generally despair about their futures, which turned out reasonably well, buoyed by the creation of new jobs, rising property and stock prices. In contrast, most younger people dread almost everything that lies ahead. The majority of them, according to a Lancet study, see the entire planet as doomed by climate change.
This negative take on the future shows that the young are being poorly served in numerous ways, notably by the economy. Only 36 per cent of voters in a new Wall Street Journal / NORC survey say the American Dream still holds true, a feeling that is even more pronounced among younger people. Currently, less than half of millennials are doing better financially than their parents were at the same stage in life. This is the first time a generation has fallen behind its elders in recent history. About seven in 10 Americans think that young adults today have a harder time than their parents’ generation when it comes to saving for the future (72 per cent), paying for college (71 per cent) and buying a home (70 per cent), according to a 2021 report by the Pew Research Centre.
The decline in homeownership – which nearly three in five young people see as an essential part of the American Dream – is especially damaging. Homeownership roots people in their community, forces them to mature and is closely tied to the desire to start a family. According to US Census Bureau data, the rate of homeownership among young adults at ages 25 to 34 was 45 per cent for Generation X. This has dropped to 37 per cent for millennials, the generation that should now be starting to have families. In the UK, house prices hit a record high last year, while the rate of homeownership among people under 35 halved between 1997 and 2017.
The trends are similarly worrying in the world of work. Despite labour shortages that are likely to get worse, real wages have not surpassed costs for most people living in the US, the EU, Japan and the UK. In the US, men’s labour participation is now lower than in 1940, when unemployment was three times higher. Labour-participation rates for young men have suffered a particularly steep drop from over 80 per cent in the 1980s to barely 60 per cent now.
Gen Z is cracked!!
Just look at our leading universities—the were once great, but are now so cracked that large numbers of undergraduates support terrorist savages!
What went wrong?
Turning? Turned.
The younger generation has a tougher path ahead of them than preceding generations. They themselves are a major cause of their woes because of their embrace of communism and overall nitwittery. Yet, most of them are clueless to all this.
The trouble with the extreme far-left, Zeros is that they have been taught everything should be free. They see Uncle Sam as Uncle Santa. Every day is Christmas or should be.
Gen Z observes that I’m better off that others, because I have been bad and in any event, I am obligated to absorb them into my soul and prop them up while at the same time bringing myself and my countrymen down.
The NEA and public education can take a bow. Job well down. Also, a big thanks to the Gen X parents for being MIA.
The NEA and public education can take a bow. Job well down. Also, a big thanks to the Gen X parents for being MIA.
What you quoted from my post shows the difference between the generations.
Have you looked at western civilization lately? Honestly I’d say it turned against them (and most everybody else) first.
That would truly teach them to have a heart! Or maybe not...
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4201892/posts
“How were the universities lost?”
1) Government funding via G.I. Bill
2) Draft deferments
3) All dogs go to heaven and all kids go to college.
The decline in homeownership
The slackers just waiting for the folks to die off for a free house why bother working for it when I can get it free.
Every generation has a certain amount of dead beats.
“ Islam will conquer the West.”
Don’t forget the Chinese menace. They might not let them
Absolutely, most "white" Americans are from families that fled "Western Civilization" in Europe because of what it did to them.
Now that it's happening again here...
They will find that 'free' house; really it's the government's and now that THEY just live in it; the RENT (property tax) still gets paid by THEM.
Unfortunately, what you described sounds like Gen Z believing it when Obama famously said:
If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.
-PJ
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