The Laziest Generation

9 pointsposted 2 hours ago
by firefoxd

2 Comments

maerF0x0

29 minutes ago

There's a lot of quality points on both sides:

Side A (market is unfair): NIMBYism, minimum/median wage not growing as fast as price increases, major governmental help to prior generations (inexpensive college, taxes based on purchase price etc)

Side B (gotta make your own way): All property is a privilege not a right (at best you have a _need_ to rent not to own), don't pile in to an overpriced city if wages do not make it make financial sense, lifestyle inflation has very real aggregate consequences (avocado toast, cell phones, global travel etc), people used to live together far more and in less space, yes your wages have declined in real terms but globalization has fought price inflation on goods

mrhottakes

an hour ago

The sarcastic section fooled me because it sounds exactly like so many internet blowhards.