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I see this perspective a lot, and I really don't understand it. Millennials have it pretty damn good as well. And everyone wants to ignore how difficult the 80s
by DontchaKnowit 3y ago
I see this perspective a lot, and I really don't understand it. Millennials have it pretty damn good as well. And everyone wants to ignore how difficult the 80s were as far as jobs, housing, etc. Boomers got bumblefucked in the 80s. Interest rates for home loans were abysmal, small banks failed all over the place, business loans got called, etc etc.
I think the only thing gen z or millennials really have to complain about is the fact that the government hocked them risky loans for bullshit education.
- momirlan 3y ago[flagged]
- throwaway5959 3y agoHome prices were a fraction (like, 1/10th in some cases) of what they are now in the 80s. I’d gladly take a 10% mortgage at 1/10th the price I could refinance at half that rate in the 90s.
- XTHK 3y agoLabor rights degraded quite a bit between boomers and millennials. Hell, it has degraded between Millennials and gen z! Our current economic model is not sustainable. It is a cancer.
- latency-guy2 3y agoHow have they degraded, exactly? Be extremely specific, I want to know what rights you have lost from, lets start with the one president you want to point to as the root of all evil at 1981, to now.
- momirlan 3y agoyeah, because you need a lot of labour rights to make a living ... a person with skills and good work ethic will always find work, with or without "rights"
- XTHK 3y agoAlways find work, sure, but work conditions are a big deal. What ended child labor in (most) of the west? What gave us the weekend? What gave us paid time off? Blood. People had to sacrifice their lives. We have to actively fight for better working conditions.
- momirlan 3y agonot much relevant to me, and perhaps a lot of other people. I run my own business so no paid time off. Also, if needed I work weekends too - no issue.