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Your comment represents the same worthless platitude. It doesn't make sense to say "yea your life is significantly worse than your parents, but hey at least yo
by juve1996 4y ago
Your comment represents the same worthless platitude.
It doesn't make sense to say "yea your life is significantly worse than your parents, but hey at least you aren't a slave building the pyramids at Giza."
The fact is it's relative. People are, in general, worse off than their parents were in the west at this point in time. That matters.
- basisword 4y agoBeing slightly economically less well off (although still doing exceedingly well and having lots of opportunity) is not the same thing as “boomers wrecked the world”. There are people in very tough situations and as a society we need to help them more but the vast majority of young people (and I say this as one who isn’t doing exceedingly well) need to grow up, cheer up, and start taking more responsibility for things. My parents may have been able to buy a house, but there is much much more about their younger lives that I am glad I don’t have to deal with.
- standardUser 4y agoYounger people will be the ones enduring a transformation of our economy as they attempt to prevent the worst consequences of global warming. Also, not sure what "grow up" means in this context. Quietly endure injustices and environmental catastrophe instead of speaking out and taking action?
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