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to add another data point I am currently paying a bills for a two millennials so you should understand my skepticism about contributions of millennials :-)
by cunac 11y ago
to add another data point I am currently paying a bills for a two millennials so you should understand my skepticism about contributions of millennials :-)
- tomp 11y agoI'm not sure why you're singling out millenials... There are other sections of the population (between 30 and 50) that are probably very productive but slowly loosing the power compared to 50+.
- cunac 11y agoI really don't see me losing anything to any generation (older or younger) but I also don't have feeling of entitlement. It is "normal" to blame everything else for one's perceived misfortune/lack of opportunity but in most cases it is yourself. I don't prevent young people to vote for any type of change they want but if voting doesn't go your way it is not really fair to complain about it.
- tomp 11y agoI don't care much about "fairness" and complaining, I'm more interested (and concerned) about incentives. If people see there's no way for them to succeed, they won't even try. They'll check out of the society and stop being productive ("herbivore men" (Japan) or "the beautiful ones" (mouse experiment)). The problem is systematic, of course, but if disproportionately affects the young, which in average have much less capital and thus rely much more on their (present and future) work income.