Re:Millennials Are Poorer Than Their Parents, Investigation ...
by yummyfajitas on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @05:00PM
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Wait, so in fact millennials are not 'worse off'? In fact, they are better off, just not quite as much as other people that they happen to be jealous of?
That was the only point I was making. Glad we are in agreement.
Re:Millennials Are Poorer Than Their Parents, Investigation ...
by Mikeb85 on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @05:14PM
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Millenials (on average) will have less job security, have to wait longer to own a home, have to work longer hours in general, have less vacation and less leisure time, have a shorter retirement (or no retirement), will have less economic freedom and less personal freedom.
But more technology.
It's up to you whether or not you think that's better.
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Re:Millennials Are Poorer Than Their Parents, Investigation ...
by dang on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @01:44PM
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> far less important to me than picking up a girl and banging her against the wall [...] the girl of my choosing [...] So far all the girls I've chosen
Ugh. Unfortunately, it's long past time to deal with this.
On behalf of the HN community: please stop posting about your sex life. We don't want to hear about it.
They say that because the average 'poor' person has access to things rich people didn't have access to 100 years ago, that the poor person should accept that they're rich, and not complain.
I'm calling it what it is, a strawman. One that occurs in every discussion of inequality. One that's existed since time immemorial, when slaveowners claimed that their slaves were better off on the plantations than in primitive Africa.
As for why I brought up points that weren't in the parent post, I was agreeing, and then elaborating on the subject because it's an interesting subject.
And of course, inequality is completely relevant in a discussion about millenials relative wealth vs. previous generations.