It’s too bad we can’t ban BlackRock, Vanguard etc…
Millennial here. Us, too.
Gen X checking in. What happens when I can no longer work or no one will employ me, but I cannot afford to retire?
I’ve been pondering this one myself for awhile. I knew a decade ago that, barring massive financial change, I would never be able to afford to retire. So these are the options:
- Work until I die
- Work until I can’t (or nobody will hire me/pay a living wage), live off of savings until I can’t, then die
- Stop working, live off of savings until I can’t, then die
The first two are the default and just kind of accepted by society as fair and just. The last one, strangely, gets all sorts of pushback, even though the only material difference is 20-30 years of mundane toil to make line go up.
I moved back in with my parents. Fuck living alone if it means killing myself with work just to survive. Fuck that.
Genx here, and many of us are one or two serious mishaps away from homelessness.
Alternate headline, sub header combo:
"Gen Z aware of main cause of homelessness.
Boomers and Forbes editors remain unconvinced"
The whole system is broken, we can’t fix it, we must tear it down.
Sadly the aftermath would be devastating.
My greatest fear is financial crisis. To an irrational degree where I expect to commit suicide in a panic. I’m in therapy, don’t worry.
Hugs, bruh
I do not fear becoming homeless. The state should fear my homelessness as it will only signify the next phase of my radicalization.
Your radicalization poses absolute zero threat to the state.
This is the most gen z vibe
“some” …
EDIT: and yet another article that ignores the generation between millenials and boomers …
only some? i was in fifth grade worrying about getting a job and how i’d stay alive otherwise. we need FDR back god fucking dammit. give us another WPA.
In one of its most famous projects, Federal Project Number One, the WPA employed musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors in arts, drama, media, and literacy projects.[1] The five projects dedicated to these were the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP), the Historical Records Survey (HRS), the Federal Theatre Project (FTP), the Federal Music Project (FMP), and the Federal Art Project (FAP). In the Historical Records Survey, for instance, many former slaves in the South were interviewed; these documents are of immense importance to American history. Theater and music groups toured throughout the United States and gave more than 225,000 performances. Archaeological investigations under the WPA were influential in the rediscovery of pre-Columbian Native American cultures, and the development of professional archaeology in the US.
The cost-of living crisis is so bleak that some Gen Zers
genuinely fear becomingare homelessFTFY
The amount of people living in their cars at the park near me in Long Angeles is astounding. It’s really sad.
Paywalled + you clearly didn’t read(Or understand) the article, it talks about employment and political positions in absolute numbers, especially ignoring how population in the US has boomed in the last few decades.
Talk about writing with a bias.
Why does the title claim the article is about gen z being “rich” (which to me would indicate either a high income or a lot of property), when the article only talks about employment numbers? Employment itself doesnt make one rich. The problem isnt the amount of jobs, but the income they offer.
Did you read? They make more and own homes earlier and in greater numbers than boomers. Millennials have had a much rougher time but that has largely been corrected.
