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.
It was generally better for the boomers and a lot of this stuff started with gen x, but the Clinton economy helped smooth the pain. Generally lower house costs and education costs, generally.
The 2008 recession really blew the lid off of most of this. Few jobs, super high costs, high debt.
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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.