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camarillobrillo  ·  3829 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Millennials Aren't Generation Y, We're Generation Omega

It's true that people are retiring later and later. The crash in '08 hit everyone hard. Well, almost everyone. Social security is getting further out of reach. Of course they can't leave. They're broke. We're all broke. You say "they aren't about to figure out how to make a living on a 22MB, 99 cent download" but they've been filling out TPS reports their whole lives. They don't want to be there they have to be. Meanwhile a kid is clawing for the same job for probably half the pay. Not that it really matters because the job probably won't exist another few years anyways. We all can't code. Not all of us are that smart, our schools are terrible. The middle class of any generation survives on jobs that are dying out. How are we going to "pop out" into opportunity that isn't ever coming back? Of course it's a stacked deck and the chips are down but at least you used to have a chance. Today it feels less like blackjack and more like dice in the alley. We're not even allowed in the casino anymore. That is a class problem. It will eat this country and all countries like it away to the core. We're not unsatisfied. We're barely hanging on. And most of us are too scared or hypnotized or dumb to do anything about it. The game is rigged. The dream has become a nightmare.