I am not sure for Gen X, but for later millennials like myself, we will be nowhere near y'all's wealth level at your age unless a miracle happens. If you could tell me during a time of Boomers in the workfroce that making six figures could still have you living paycheck to paycheck then please inform me.
You make a very disingenuous point with your stats here though and you probably dont even know why, so I won't say you are doing it purposefully, but in 1963 I would almost guarantee you that a very large portion of that family income was made by a single person, that being the man alone.
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Your generation is making more than mine did. What's robbing you is inflation. I would argue that larger government is a big factor in driving inflation, but the younger generations are more in favor of large government than we are.
Bigger population needs a bigger government. The demands of infrastructure grow exponentially, not in a linear fashion.
Lolz because those demands are coming from the gov't itself in the form of budgetary hunger. We're all going to die if we don't use the entire budget every year!
I'd argue that many young folks see larger government as the cure with modern 'leftism' being sold as the prescription. Quoting Sir Roger Scruton losely, a larger government appears to provide answers to the questions and issues found in younger demographics. To a younger person the allure for larger government is certainly there.
Yeah, I'm sure young Stalinists thought the same thing.
Which is why it is good to know how to get laid while unemployed!
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Just read my free ebook 22 Rules for Massive Success With Women and do the opposite of what I recommend.
This will quickly drive all women away from you.
And you will be able to relax and to live your life in peace and quiet.
It is not as great as it seems. I was unemployed and severely underemployed (which is worse btw) in my late twenties and it was always stressful. I had to always tell white lies about my current employment status. I had to fake confidence to a huge degree because being unemployed sucks for a guy. The worst was the financial strain and having to stress over the cost of dates. One time my card got declined during a second date and I had to make up some excuse off the top of my head, and she paid for the meal. I still got laid btw lol. When you are poor, you learn how to become a story teller lol. Last, you aren't going to land decent women either. High quality women do not like broke or bum@$$ men period!!!
There's more government now than there was when I was growing up.
Unstable employment is often a part of your twenties and establishing yourself, especially if there is a recession. I had to go through the same thing myself, but more in my early to mid twenties. I don't know how many times I got laid off, or the place I was working went out of business. It's just part of the process. It's hard on men because men take a lot of their self esteem from their occupation, so it's important to get that part of your life squared away. But it can take some time. The main thing is don't give up, and try to find a field you can excel in, and that there will always be a need for.
I experienced both these things in the late 2000s/early 2010s.
I can identify with this because it all happened to me. There were times where I was paying for dates with women with a higher salary than I had. I did not like that.
That is some solid game.
There are some women who will go for broke, tattooed dirtbags.
Since graduating College after 6 years and entering the workforce full time during the pandemic I experienced this.
I went through a long stretch where it seemed like all my friends made more money than I did. But I kept at it, and ended up earning more than nearly all of them. I like that you appreciate your parents' contribution to your life, that is appropriate and honorable. My parents were dirt poor, but they did right by me, and I would never be able to repay them for what they provided me.
That's the thing, a lot of people are spending a ton of money just getting a degree in the first place. Unless you are in some high paying STEM field, most people aren't making all that much right out of college. The biggest issue, at least from my perspective, is that many of the decent paying jobs are going to be in metros that can be quite expensive to live in. It's not unusual to be paying $1500+ for some mediocre apartment at best in a metro where you are making an average income. Most people are not making all that much money in their careers, let alone when they are just getting out of college.
Socialism sounds like utopia to the young. Talk to someone who has lived it. I have a Cuban friend that can tell you horror stories of socialism. He says it is the number one reason Cubans have been trying to flee the country for decades. His father still lives there and it takes months not days to see a doctor. It’s “free” but you might die by the time you get an appointment.
Personal anecdotes do not address the topic at hand. Boomers had more opportunity to have a decent financial life then millennials and gen Z. This is just a fact. Any one of our individual experiences is irrelevant.
