The optimist in me says maybe it’s time for a trend of extended family solidarity rather than the typical “You’re 18 get out of my house!” Thing.
I imagine the corporate angst is because families are staying together and sharing, and not all buying things separately, which irks their bets on forever-hyper-individualism.
Subsequent generations can even be raised by their grandparents and maybe even aunts and uncles instead of complete strangers. There goes pricy childcare.
Kids can take care of their aging parents. There goes expensive (and often abusive) elder care.
More people to take turns with upkeep, contribute to bills, pay the rent, maybe even work less!
The trick is getting along with your families, but this can work.
I’m super aware that there’s gonna be a ton of people who are like “You don’t know me, man. My family is terrible man. They’re all psychos, man. Totally nuts.”
Only you know your situation, but my point is that the stigma against living with family is capital propaganda, so if you can or must, why not?
This definitely feels like the product of late-stage capitalism. Where do you think this will end if the owning class thinks they can now rely on money from not just one person but also their family?
They don’t care that you have a family. Executives commonly say things in their shareholder calls about “extracting more value” from people or something along those lines.
They don’t care if it’s one person or twelve, they just care that people are still buying their products, and that the revenue they gain with price gouging is higher than the revenue lost by people fucking starving and not being able to buy anymore.
It’s almost as though capitalism is destroying itself / the world / us.
We’re reaching the end of it. Any good times for ordinary people are in the past. Boomers were born on third base (Europe was destroyed + America was untouched = explosive growth) and thought they hit a triple home run. Then they blame younger generations for being lazy and bad at finance.
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Young adults face myriad economic challenges in 2024 America. College costs and student debt loads are rising. House prices have soared. Mercurial inflation and interest rates have vexed consumers.
Parents, for their part, seem ever more inclined to carry on with parenting well past the age a child exits childhood, removing every obstacle in their path. Some researchers call it “snowplow” parenting.
I’m wondering if the rest of the world is seeing a massive uptick in expenses and limited compensation. I read about a bunch of Asian countries are now returning to 20-30s living with parents as a norm again, when they were starting to be like westerners and getting their own place.
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