My friends all went to uni and I went straight into full time work after college. They were having a blast while i was speed running the adult human condition. They had overseas trips and big uni balls and I worked and saved.
By my mid 20s I’d bought a house and was quite advanced in my career, and now I’m middle aged I’m in a far better financial position than they are, and I’m old enough now to put aside FOMO for my youth.
But here’s the thing, I did the work really hard thing and got the pay off that was promised. This generation? I don’t think it matters what they do, they’re fucked. And that’s bitterly unfair.
If I were their age, at least in my country, I’d do a trade, travel, try and live off the grid or look into tiny homes and communal living. The system was always rigged but once upon a time there were ways you could get ahead, with some sacrifice and delayed gratification. It’s just not true anymore and it’s bullshit to tell them otherwise.
I’d counsel young people (again in my country) to learn useful skills and live it up. Don’t even try to play the game.
Yeah the goal post moved into some idiotic idea where you have to work until 40 to feel like an adult … Working hard is for suckers and bootlickers, shit don’t pay anyway.
Securing housing is out of reach for most people.
Denying the regime easy and plentiful labour is the credited strategy. Easy way to is to reduce consumption if you have disposable income.
For folks who are who are breaking even on necesstities, break the cycle of wage slavery is nearly impossible with out drastic action that practically only a young adult can do. There is no a play book either. People can try their but statistically, poverty is generational and society is regressing in western world.
My friends all went to uni and I went straight into full time work after college. They were having a blast while i was speed running the adult human condition. They had overseas trips and big uni balls and I worked and saved.
By my mid 20s I’d bought a house and was quite advanced in my career, and now I’m middle aged I’m in a far better financial position than they are, and I’m old enough now to put aside FOMO for my youth.
But here’s the thing, I did the work really hard thing and got the pay off that was promised. This generation? I don’t think it matters what they do, they’re fucked. And that’s bitterly unfair.
If I were their age, at least in my country, I’d do a trade, travel, try and live off the grid or look into tiny homes and communal living. The system was always rigged but once upon a time there were ways you could get ahead, with some sacrifice and delayed gratification. It’s just not true anymore and it’s bullshit to tell them otherwise.
I’d counsel young people (again in my country) to learn useful skills and live it up. Don’t even try to play the game.
Yeah the goal post moved into some idiotic idea where you have to work until 40 to feel like an adult … Working hard is for suckers and bootlickers, shit don’t pay anyway.
Securing housing is out of reach for most people.
Denying the regime easy and plentiful labour is the credited strategy. Easy way to is to reduce consumption if you have disposable income.
For folks who are who are breaking even on necesstities, break the cycle of wage slavery is nearly impossible with out drastic action that practically only a young adult can do. There is no a play book either. People can try their but statistically, poverty is generational and society is regressing in western world.