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> It maddens me that, generation after generation, people have been told to aim high, get a job, work hard, get a degree, move out, see the world, etc. Turns ou
by ProxCoques 3y ago
> It maddens me that, generation after generation, people have been told to aim high, get a job, work hard, get a degree, move out, see the world, etc. Turns out, now people in their thirties have to "compromise" or "settle"
Well, it's the generation after Reagan came in with the whole monetarist trickle-down thing, but yes.
Sometimes I think the toxicity of this situation (and it's not just the US) fuels in large part the tendency for people to believe in conspiracy theories about secretive cabals keeping them down. And in a way, it's kinda true too when it comes to housing. You're told you're living in a land of democratic opportunity, wealth and justice. Yet somehow...