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Comments like this are infuriating because they demonstrate an axiomatic commitment to a totally bogus premise. That is, "if you just work hard, you will be suc
by Analemma_ 8y ago
Comments like this are infuriating because they demonstrate an axiomatic commitment to a totally bogus premise. That is, "if you just work hard, you will be successful", and the completely evil logical converse of that statement, "Therefore, if you're not successful, it must be because you didn't grind enough." You just take this as obviously true, without ever considering that it is completely possible to grind yourself into dust and still be just spinning wheels, because of structural factors that previous generations erected and then demanded Millenials claw their way out of.
Are you aware that the ratio between average house cost and the median hourly wage of a 20-something worker is an order of magnitude higher for Millenials than it was for people in the seventies? Meaning, essentially, that you have to work ten times as much to get the same result? No, and for all you know Millenials are working twice and hard as you were, and then you take the 5x shortfall as proof that they're just pointing fingers.
- qaq 8y agowhat would happen to that metric if you exclude NYC, SF etc. ? I think if you add "if you just work hard, you will be successful" in the appropriate field then it does hold true in most cases. If someone choses to spend 50-100K on a degree that has 0 relevance in the job market is it really a fault of the system?
- Analemma_ 8y ago> what would happen to that metric if you exclude NYC, SF etc. ? It wouldn't budge much: when you leave big cities, houses get a lot cheaper, but work quickly dries up too, so you're right back where you started. It's the nature of the economy at present that the cities are where the jobs there; that's why everyone keeps moving in despite the skyrocketing rent.