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[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

When the choices are pretty much acquire debt or die/starve, it's not much of a choice. Prior generations were offered amazing work opportunities plus past legislation making the ladder to financial freedom much more difficult to climb, what did they expect?! Like how are they the ones struggling to understand why this is happening...Says a whole lot about their level of detachment from reality.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 5 points 2 years ago

When college leaves you in crippling debt, jobs pay pennies, and inflation has eaten up all real wage gains, this feels inevitable.