Gen Z are over having their work ethic questioned: ‘Most boomers don’t know what it’s like to work 40+ hours a week and still not be able to afford a house’
Gen Z are over having their work ethic questioned: ‘Most boomers don’t know what it’s like to work 40+ hours a week and still not be able to afford a house’
One Gen Zer went viral for explaining how much easier life was for boomers.
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Would it make my life and the lives of millions of other Americans easier by not having a target painted on our backs for probably as long as our country stands? (We'll probably never see another election again IMO) Yeah sure, that's why I voted for Khamala.
That being said she wasn't going to do anything to meaningfully stop the horrors of late stage capitalism. Either way I'm probably going to die by middle age in the climate wars.
Its just now that they'll happen even sooner, and now I have to worry about being put in a camp because of my prescription to estrogen.
Ones certainly worse, but neither actually seemingly give me the possibility of living a full and happy life. Even if I do make it to old age I'll be living in a dying world, clinging to whatever habitable sliver of earth I'd have the privilege of finding.
Honestly until we start being friendly and share cookies with the ghouls hiding behind the funds managed by Americas institutional investment firms which collectively own everything, I don't think we'll be solving anything.
Yeah sure, that’s why I voted for Khamala.
I'm starting to disbelieve you since you've misspelled her name twice and it was on signs everywhere.
Actually that level of ignorance is pretty on par for the average American voter.
The average American voter doesn't refuse to vote because no one will end the horror of late-stage capitalism. They don't even know that's a thing. This person is talking like they are an informed voter but can't spell the name of the person they claimed to have voted for. I am doubtful.
That and I just looked at their history and they joined Lemmy 16 days ago.
No I was taking a shot at myself for misspelling a name, that's the joke.
Ah, sorry, I was talking to the troll themselves. My mistake. How depressingly dull that you don't actually believe any of this and want people to think you do.
I, er, what?
How did you pull that out of me making fun of myself for misspelling Kamala Harris' name?
Have you ever heard of reading comprehension? Jesus Christ.
I pulled that out of your 16-day-old account saying a bunch of controversial shit.
Its just now that they'll happen even sooner, and now I have to worry about being put in a camp because of my prescription to estrogen.
And that alone should have been reason enough for anyone who actually gave even the slightest of shits.
Growing up is realizing you aren't going to win. But you can lessen harm.
Yeah except that for previous generations not "winning" wasn't an inherent global existential threat.
Its hard to be motivated when you know either way you're not getting the full life you where promised. Especially when the issue at hand is someone else's problem. (From the perspective of my cis Gen Z counterparts.)
I'm not saying its the right way to operate, I'm saying its how lots of people do naturally. Its unfortunately human, and its taken advantage of by design.
Its easy to keep people preoccupied when they're a weeks pay away from starvation.
Yeah except that for previous generations not “winning” wasn’t an inherent global existential threat.
It's been that way at least ever since the invention of the atom bomb.
So, yeah a global existential threat has been there for going on 80 years. And that one is quite obvious. And climate change was in the news for over 110 years, if you can believe it.
I'm not saying its the right way to operate, I'm saying its how lots of people do naturally. Its unfortunately human, and its taken advantage of by design.
And a lot of people are selfish hateful assholes who never actually cared about the social good and only ever wanted an adventure and for themselves to get ahead.
Gen z are not unique. Again, millennials and even boomers have stood where you stand.
As for a lack of a future? Millennials aren't that much older and we are just as fucked.