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It’s one of the long-game problems that will be a disaster a decade or more from now, and it’s the middle-income majority that will be left dealing with the pro
by nobodyandproud 2y ago
It’s one of the long-game problems that will be a disaster a decade or more from now, and it’s the middle-income majority that will be left dealing with the problem.
But will it be the younger millennials, gen-Z, and younger generations cleaning up the mess? Or will it be Gen-X and older millennials out in the streets and homeless? Or something else?
The young generation asked how they were handed a bag of problems. This is their moment to help decide how to address the problems of tomorrow, because it’s a battle to do so and policy changes and consequences are by design invisible to the typical worker.
- d4mi3n 2y agoIt's sad to me that we pin so many expectations on the following generations when they're just starting their journey as adults. We're just kicking the can down the road, and they're arguably less equipped (in resourcing and current influence) to fix these problems than the generations before them.
- nine_zeros 2y agoYou are hitting a real point here. Elders are supposed to create an environment for the future generations to thrive. Here we are with elders (corporations and politicians really) creating many opportunities for themselves to suck the life out of younger people.
- Spooky23 2y agoThey’ll need to make do. As a gen-x, I got to live through the golden age of Pax Americana, led by the WW2 generation. Now we’re stuck with the loser boomers, and our kids will be facing the decline from the American century to the Asian. We collectively fucked around and exported our assets and the our smarts. Now we find out.