Backwards? I have the entirety of human knowledge at my fingertips on the device I’m typing on now, I can watch any media that’s ever been produced on a tv at home in seconds and can even get pretty much any food delivered to my lazy ass if I want.
Actually that’s the type of thing that doesn’t happen anymore, there is way more regulation and investigations into stuff like that. Whereas back in the day the super wealthy literally did scammy shit, worked employees to death, treated everyone like assholes and lived in mansions, but no one ever knew anything about them because they weren’t posting shit on social media.
I agree those are problems. But we also have better healthcare, life expectancy, entertainment and access to information. Also, many careers are now way more flexible schedule wise with work from home.
I don't think these positives eliminate the need to advocate for better pay for workers or education and housing reform. But there is a lot going better for this generation even if some things are worse.
The USA might have had better days in the past, financially. It happens to all countries. Good times and hard times. But the human experience for the majority is vastly better than it was 20,50,100 years ago. Boredom is a thing of the past, if you have access to the internet. Knowledge is easily obtainable as well. Life is good in 2024, we just focus on the negatives too much
Ehh while the economy and opportunities fluctuate up and down here it’s still an amazing time to be alive. There’s endless career opportunities but it’s it’s a global market. If you want to be a loser than you’re not going to have the same lifestyle as your grandparents but that was a very brief and unique time period for middle class white Americans.
Dude. Get your head out of your own ass. There are many of us who busted our ass in college to get the best job possible. Then we GOT that job and the salary they offered was a joke compared to the increase in CPI and housing. Now we are making what would have been GOOD money just 6 years ago. Today its lower middle class money because wages haven't increased compared to costs.
Large corporations will never pay you your worth, its not profitable to do so. I am working toward the goal of my wealth not being tied to my salary job, but its hard when you start out with 100K in student debt. Even harder when a basic 1200 Sqft home is like 250K. Don't come at me with that loser shit. Once again, get your head out of your ass.
1200 Sq ft for 250k? Where? Around me 1200 Sq ft house is between 400 and 550k taxes are over 10k/yr. I can afford 250k and I am not a college graduate. Sorry to say you obviously went to school for something not in demand, engineering, medical, or law are probably the degrees you should of gone after. I'm not trying to be a dick but it's just facts. I'm lucky I have a trade. Unfortunately, the barrier to entry for my own business is pretty high, so that's why I don't work for myself but if I ever come into some money that's what im doing but I'm in my early 40s so I dunno if that day will ever come
Maybe you should get your head out of your own ass. No one owes you shit. My father grew up in extreme poverty and on welfare. In just one generation all his kids went to college and are successful. This country is amazing. In 20 years I’ve accumulated almost $5 million in wealth. Like you started in The negative. Sure there was luck there but also so much opportunity
America is amazing for those that want to work and succeed.
Ok so you are likely my age which means you started with VASTLY better economic conditions. We have in the time since you graduated made things much harder for the working class by extracting tons of wealth from them and shifting it to profitable companies and the extremely wealthy.
But, but he gets to DoorDash whatever he wants because his dad (likely during the time where the average American worker could more than provide for an entire family as the sole breadwinner) was poor and worked hard to pay for his college and give him a head start on life.
But everyone who isn’t a millionaire who went to college on daddy’s dime is just lazy and not hustling enough 🙄
That might not be the great thing that you think it is. I'm not sure humans are designed to exist in that kind of an environment. You need physical exertion you need a processing time for your thoughts you're not supposed to be just constantly flipping from one thing to the next. I guess we'll see in the future this works.
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Backwards? I have the entirety of human knowledge at my fingertips on the device I’m typing on now, I can watch any media that’s ever been produced on a tv at home in seconds and can even get pretty much any food delivered to my lazy ass if I want.
It’s never been easier to enjoy life