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we created it- what ever the next generation is- good- bad or ugly the previous generation (and before) created it- stop blaming the kid next door- you had part-
These "blame the boomer" threads are silly. People believe what their culture tells them to believe... they can't possibly, in theory, believe any differently than the information the media/government spoon feeds them... so what's the point in assigning blame?
People are supposed to theoretically act differently than they did? The human brain is a complex system that gets programmed in a remarkably similar way. Barring genetics that create a "gifted" person who has the ability to see through the BS, we are very susceptible to our cultural programming.
I am gen X. My sister is a millenial. We are both jealous of of our Baby Boomer parents. Their pension and social security money is MORE than what most of my peers MAKE on full time GOOD jobs. Some got hurt on the job and have been collecting since 55 years old. I know they worked hard for it and are entitled to it and I sure wish I had that deal. Lol. 30 plus years of that kind of money coming in along with homes worth half a million bucks. Also adult children paying rent ... What are they doing with all that money? Lol... Kudos to them. They got the win.....
I am gen X. My sister is a millenial. We are both jealous of of our Baby Boomer parents. Their pension and social security money is MORE than what most of my peers MAKE on full time GOOD jobs. Some got hurt on the job and have been collecting since 55 years old. I know they worked hard for it and are entitled to it and I sure wish I had that deal. Lol. 30 plus years of that kind of money coming in along with homes worth half a million bucks. Also adult children paying rent ... What are they doing with all that money? Lol... Kudos to them. They got the win.....
I don't know if you intended it or not but your post comes off badly. The part I bolded is what is important here. It just kind of strikes me the wrong way that someone begrudges someone else because they worked hard to get what they want/have.
Isn't that like the literal definition of entitlement? People who want what others have but they don't want to put in the work to get it?
That half a million dollar house doesn't pay for itself. Someone paid the mortgage. And I'll bet the house wasn't worth that when it was purchased. Hell, in many places today, a half-mil house isn't all that much.
You mention adult children paying rent like it's a bad thing? Obviously they don't understand the money involved in being independent or they wouldn't be paying rent to mommy and daddy.
I am gen X. My sister is a millenial. We are both jealous of of our Baby Boomer parents. Their pension and social security money is MORE than what most of my peers MAKE on full time GOOD jobs. Some got hurt on the job and have been collecting since 55 years old. I know they worked hard for it and are entitled to it and I sure wish I had that deal. Lol. 30 plus years of that kind of money coming in along with homes worth half a million bucks. Also adult children paying rent ... What are they doing with all that money? Lol... Kudos to them. They got the win.....
You will. Once you're gotten to YOUR retirement. Ask yourself not what they have now, but what they had at your age. I'm pretty sure it was pretty close.
You've actually illustrated quite nicely many people's problem with Gen X and Millenials - they want what their parents have NOW. Not after a lifetime of sacrifice and hard work. Not after a lifetime of risk. NOW.
A good friend has a college educated son. He went on interview after interview, but never accepted a job. He would constantly bemoan the fact that he wasn't given "what he'd been taught he could have all his life." Namely, if he got a good education, he could get a job like his dad's, a high exec in a major corporation. He never grasped that his father worked his way up slowly, moving constantly for promotions, working late hours, travelling all over the world. He only saw the fruits of that sacrifice - a nice home, car and money for some fun. The son works at a Kinkos now, still whining that he has a crappy job, and that his parents lied to him. He feels he's so brilliant (because his ego was stroked during his childhood, to raise his self esteem) that anything less than a top level position is beneath him, so he'll just do what he "loves". Which is working the minimum job, hanging out with friends, going out to bars.
You can bet he's jealous of his parents.
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