‘What's striking isn't just that young adults are delaying milestones - it's that many are questioning whether those life events are achievable at all’ one financial expert said
Because people (especially 20th century people) have been trained to ignore the evidence of their eyes and ears and trust only the word of the party.
Maybe this is anecdotal, but all the 20th century people in my life completely disregard what anyone younger has to say, preferring to believe that we’re all entitled, whiny, complaining kids instead of realizing that we’re adults in our 30/40s with genuine economic grievances. But they will blindly believe absolutely anything if it comes from personally preferred news media, even if its complete nonsense.
God I thought this was just me. Any time I point out any issue some boomer tells me to quit whining. Bad enough to be treated like a kid let alone when I’m pushing 40. It’s really getting annoying.
why do we need “experts” to tell us this, have these people not spoken to anyone in gen Z for even 5 minutes?
Because people (especially 20th century people) have been trained to ignore the evidence of their eyes and ears and trust only the word of the party.
Maybe this is anecdotal, but all the 20th century people in my life completely disregard what anyone younger has to say, preferring to believe that we’re all entitled, whiny, complaining kids instead of realizing that we’re adults in our 30/40s with genuine economic grievances. But they will blindly believe absolutely anything if it comes from personally preferred news media, even if its complete nonsense.
God I thought this was just me. Any time I point out any issue some boomer tells me to quit whining. Bad enough to be treated like a kid let alone when I’m pushing 40. It’s really getting annoying.
when boomers themselves are expecting thier children to be thier retirement plan too.
Cut them off, no exceptions. You cannot allow them to compromise you.
Gaslighting experts.