It’s estimated that a 4 year college degree in America could cost 200,000 dollars in 18 years. and the job opportunities for American youths by then will decline significantly due to AI and continued outsourcing.
many of todays kids will probably also suffer navigating adult life due to helicopter parenting being pushed as the ideal in the last 15-20 years. there have already been reports of people in their 20s who cannot copy and paste despite being college graduates.
even the new american dream/western myth of today (getting rich through the internet like a streamer or influencer) doesn’t succeed for most people
im not making this post to complain about the “kids these days”, in fact I do feel bad for them and how society has failed them. but how will they stand a chance of the nightmare the next 25 or so years will bring? (Climate change, worsening economy, more resource scarcity. more shortages)