• 9point6@lemmy.world
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    Because since Reagan and Thatcher, every generation has been paid less than the one before in real terms

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      Every day I see posts by Liberals bashing Gen Z for being stupid, without any self-awareness that 50 years of neoliberalism created Gen Z and gave them a horrific future outlook in housing security, employment security, financial security, climate security… all the conditions necessary for fascism to flourish.

      We’ve told them this would lead to fascism for decades, and they still think they are right; pointing their fingers and blaming everyone but themselves.

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        this is a class and generational war… current regime is lying through their teeth to kick the can down the road… these chickens will come home soon enough tho

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    Because the top 10% of the country is hoovering up 90-95% of the profits of everyone’s labor.

    Next question.

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      I remember this article all the way back to Gen x, then Millenials, now it’s Z, next article will be Alpha.

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      Exactly. Im gen x and I saw this with boomers vs everyone else. It’s just got worse with millenials then gen y. It’s the logical consequence of capitalism winning in the 80s. Those with capital are hoovering up everything

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    Everybody knows why, it’s because instead of buying a house, they’re buying avocado toast!

    /s if that somehow wasn’t obvious

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    I’m gonna guess because there haven’t been any meaningful opportunities for young people in 40 years.

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      🤡

      yes… younger people are poor because they did not vote and not because boomers and their owners gutted the country lol

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        That’s not at all what the comment you’re replying to said. It said that their failure to vote is only making their already bad situation worse. And it is.

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          Life has been progressively worse for young people since in was young and that was a a long time ago.

          Bush Obama Trump biden…

          But i trust you bro that corpo regime who’re kamala would have saved them and me 🤡

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    The toughest part of my life was when i was starting off in my 20s. No experience, no one wants to take a chance on a young person when they can just hire someone older for the same position.

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      I suggest watching it. It exposes the why (spoiler: it’s not because they are “lazy”).

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        I’m an elder millenial and I’m firmly in the same boat. Nothing to inherit either since my parents don’t have property. I consider myself 100% in the camp of the youth, including gen Z. I will have to work until I die.

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          For sure. Rent is at least 40% of the wage, savings accounts have less interest than inflation, houses lock you in for at least 30 years of debt (if you can even come up with the minimum to get a mortgage), switching jobs gets you higher wages but are still not enough to buy a house, …

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            aint this system beautiful… no matter how hard you work and how much you get better wage… for 80-90% of the population it won’t be enough

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          Don’t worry, those predatory assisted living facilities would have wiped out everything they ever worked for anyway.