“I was so upset and disappointed in myself because growing up, I was told that if I get an education, if I go to college, then I’ll be successful,” Santos told Business Insider—and she’s not the first Gen Zer to complain about feeling tricked into pursuing further education.

Just last month, 27-year-old Robbie Scott similarly went viral on TikTok for insisting that Gen Z isn’t any less willing to work than generations before. Instead, he said, they are “getting angry and entitled and whiny” about the prospect of having to work hard for the rest of their adult life, only to “get nothing in return.”

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[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 114 points 2 years ago (3 children)

In no way could the country's young people having plenty of spare time but no ability to pay for the necessities of life possibly be a recipe for a disaster

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 77 points 2 years ago

'Recipe for a disaster' or 'possibility for an opportunity'?

[–] Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

massively multiplayer real time zero-ping minecraft

[–] wopazoo@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

if you die in minecraft, you die in real life

[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago

Raise people in a deeply hierarchical class system, seeping with racism and hatred for the poor.
Promise them that they will get a ticket to the good life, unlike those lazy [insert slur], if they just work hard and get a degree.
Fuck them over when they get the degree. Give them nothing.
I guess only good stuff happens here. A bunch of desperate people who feel cheated out of the privileges they feel entitled to has never resulted in anything bad.