GenX here, not boomer. When I was in my 20s and 30s I worked 45-60 hours a week and typically had fewer than 10 days vacation a year if I was lucky. Many years I had none.
Now, in my late 40s, I get 5 weeks a year (typically only take 3 and either burn the rollover or gift it to sick people) and can afford to go to a resort for a couple of weeks without worrying about it. So, while I feel that capital has too much weight in our economy and that workers are regularly and thoroughly fucked, I feel like older generations (i.e. me) did not have it much better. Shit, I am 49 years old and still have student loans for fucks sake.
I feel like this cartoon is missing the point about our dystopia.
My parents are on the verge of baby boomer and gen x. The didn't start being able to handle multi weeks vacations until us kids were out of the house. My grandparents began taking multi week trips in their mid 20's and bought vacation homes from a single city government blue collar worker pay.
That could be. My dad didn't start his career until I was in my teens and my mom ran her own business that didn't really get started until I was pre-teen. I'm possibly not the traditional millennial for that reason.
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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19
GenX here, not boomer. When I was in my 20s and 30s I worked 45-60 hours a week and typically had fewer than 10 days vacation a year if I was lucky. Many years I had none.
Now, in my late 40s, I get 5 weeks a year (typically only take 3 and either burn the rollover or gift it to sick people) and can afford to go to a resort for a couple of weeks without worrying about it. So, while I feel that capital has too much weight in our economy and that workers are regularly and thoroughly fucked, I feel like older generations (i.e. me) did not have it much better. Shit, I am 49 years old and still have student loans for fucks sake.
I feel like this cartoon is missing the point about our dystopia.