Yeah more and more there’s a sense of “what’s the point” among young people, and having few supports and being burnt out from multiple jobs just makes it worse. Most of their energy gets spent on trying to make it to the next week or month, and from whatever’s left they can’t really even think about saving up for anything.
You’re working for older people’s pensions that you’ll never see. You’re working to fill the pockets of the rich owner class. If I didn’t have a very specific goal and a decent amount of support from my family, I don’t know if I would have gotten through a rough patch in my life after finishing university.
Although Coca Cola the company has a pretty goddamn monstruos history. So they’re not really blameless in the wonderous history of capitalism. And lays is owned by Pepsi. So…yeah, chips and soda are pretty good examples of contributing to the societal rot that capitalism has left in its wake.
But then again, the person you’re replying to is still off the base and I don’t support their “vote with your wallet” message in response to direct action.
Almost 2 months every year for my brothers are dedicated to fucking standardized tests, they’re way longer and worse than when I was a kid and it was like 3 days a year. What can you even learn when every couple months you have to spend a whole month learning nothing and taking tests?
Right it’s our fault the entire world, the government,the economy is on the verge of collapsing and staying in work and school will solve all of our problems we can’t afford to have a life, staying in school to get into work is pointless having a job is pointless you can’t afford to live anyways. So who’s fault is it let’s think real hard about that.
Actually I do understand more than most other gen z people. I was buying and cooking my own food since I was 14 my parents never cared. I’ve worked everyday of my life right after highschool I’m actually going to college this fall I’m just pointing out it’s difficult to even get a job at all anymore even if you apply to a million different jobs so getting through school nowadays isn’t exactly going to get you very far in this age we live in
Are you kidding? The parents can’t figure out why? Really? Neither can mine by the way.
They don’t understand that the social contract is broken. Working for a living wage is a concept that’s all but disappeared. A job can’t pay the rent and food. And employers aren’t giving any significant pay raises or promotions in order to cut costs. They’ve been through TWO major economic events - 2008 and COVID - and the massive layoffs that go with them.
I think I heard Jimmy Carr say something about this along the lines of the reason that millennials and the younger generations play so much video games is that it’s the only way to experience the fantasy of actually doing something and progressing in any significant way that we don’t experience any more in real life. And forget about owning a home and building a family with kids and all that. It’s become incredibly difficult and something reserved for the wealthy elite.
Boomer parents who were able to get a well paying job with a high school degree and got good raises their whole life will never understand this.
There never was a social contract lol what are you talking about?
You people act like the capitalists weren’t always trying to get the most out of us while giving us as little as possible…but none of you will change your buying habits or sacrifice anything to save the system.
Kids rail against how hopeless it is while spending $20 on chipotle and paying these companies they’re complaining about.
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