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It's sad to see an entire generation of people adopting such a defeatist attitude, when objectively speaking we're living in some of the most prosperous times i
by serjester 3y ago
It's sad to see an entire generation of people adopting such a defeatist attitude, when objectively speaking we're living in some of the most prosperous times in all of history.
Having grown up in post collapse USSR where every one of the issues you listed was 10X worse, it's genuinely disheartening to see so many people adopt an external locus of control and let it dictate their life.
- EatingWithForks 3y agoIf you grew up in post collapse USSR, you aren't of the age where you have to deal with the problems the parent post describes. It's important to recognize your lack of personal experience with it. I'm not saying that post collapse USSR wasn't a bad time. It was an absolutely horrible time and I am glad you're here. But it's important to recognize people have different challenges and live different lives than you. I'm likely much younger than you. My parents were able to afford to raise me in a house they owned, at my current age. I am not and nowhere near that buying power. My parents can look forward to a retirement fund. I cannot. My parents were able to work through the summer to pay for their graduate degrees. Graduate degrees are too expensive for me to attain, now. My parents could afford to take me to the emergency room when I had fevers as a child. I cannot afford a single emergency room visit for anything.
- JohnClark1337 3y ago[dead]