Revealed: the 30-year economic betrayal dragging down Generation Y’s income

Re:Revealed: the 30-year economic betrayal dragging down Gen... by kingkawn on Monday March 07, 2016 @09:05AM (#11238879)

Obviously if your life is not matching the expectations built into you from before you were aware it was happening it is because the expectations are bullshit. I am looking forward to a return to communal living and away from these ridiculous status markers being labeled independence and success.

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Re:Revealed: the 30-year economic betrayal dragging down Gen... by fucking_tragedy on Monday March 07, 2016 @09:31AM (#11239034)

Where do you get the idea that we'll return to communal living?

For hundreds of years, we've been taught that it is "I versus Everyone Else" in economically liberal societies. To think that will go away, and not go into hyperdrive, when people are desperate, cold and hungry seems unrealistic to me.

I truly want my assumption to be proven wrong, though.

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Re:Revealed: the 30-year economic betrayal dragging down Gen... by gavazzy on Monday March 07, 2016 @09:16AM (#11238930)

Having a standard of living is a status marker? If you want to live in a commune, why don't you convince 10 other people to go live with you out on a farm?

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Re:Revealed: the 30-year economic betrayal dragging down Gen... by pm90 on Monday March 07, 2016 @09:30AM (#11239029)

I did not downvote, but I really disagree with this sentiment. Financial independence for young people is probably the most revolutionary concept in Western culture and is definitely the reason behind so much innovation not just in technology, but in society as well.

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