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A pathological sort of comparison is much more common now. They assume that what their parents have (with 20+ years of work), or what they see on social media,
by ozr 3y ago
A pathological sort of comparison is much more common now. They assume that what their parents have (with 20+ years of work), or what they see on social media, is what they should have too. That they don't is perceived as a great injustice.
You can see someone that has what you want and either a) work towards it, or b) complain.
There's always a mix of both, but b) is very loud right now.
- MattPalmer1086 3y agoYoung people today eh? A refrain as old as time.
- ozr 3y agoAnd, as we know, there are no cultural changes between generations.
- wvenable 3y agoSome things provably never change: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nobody-wants-to-work-anymore/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nobody-wants-to-work-anymo...
- ozr 3y agoThis is cute, but not data. When you look at actual data, it shows that it actually has changed over time. There is a gradual rise in the labor force participation rate as more women enter the workforce, up until a peak in ~2001. It's been dropping ever since. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CIVPART https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CIVPART
- wvenable 3y agoDepends on which data you look at: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11300060 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11300060 That seems like very little change.
- hotpotamus 3y agoOr perhaps they think they should have what their parents had 20 years ago when they were children and their parents were in their 20's?
- ozr 3y agoDepending on your choice of measure, they are either greatly beyond their parents or mildly behind. More importantly, why is that a reasonable expectation?