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   james (james@strangeobject.space)'s status on Saturday, 08-Apr-2023 22:50:24 JST james

   ?️ "Millenials don't want to work and Gen Z are too anxious to do so"

   Before I start to rage piss on this quote, some facts:
   - Millenials is nomenclature to describe anyone born between 1981 and 1996.
   - Gen Z is anyone born between 1997 and 2013.
   - I am 32 years old this month. I was born in 1991. I am a millenial.
   - The oldest Gen Z'er is 25.

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Saturday, 08-Apr-2023 22:50:21 JST pettter

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     @james ...and now I'm wondering about the connection between the age distribution in a society and its political leaning...

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     james (james@strangeobject.space)'s status on Saturday, 08-Apr-2023 22:50:22 JST james

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     It is of course, as old as time that we refer to the generation that comes after us as entitled baby whiners who want everything.

     Why? Because we don't like that they won't settle for what we settled for.

     Politicians need someone to blame, them and the media do the orgasmic dance of "blaming the youth" when the youth is like, 30.

     The next generation are just a bunch of adults who are like "fuck this, I want better".

     So, why don't you want things to be better?

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     james (james@strangeobject.space)'s status on Saturday, 08-Apr-2023 22:50:23 JST james

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     "Millenials don't want to work"

     Honestly? Yes and no. We want to see more return for our labour.

     We don't want to sit down for 8-10 hours a day earning thousands for the big man, and getting a tenner in return.

     This is not a "milennial" thing, this is a "human" thing, this is a "working class" thing.

     Rather than you know, reflect on that, we say that milennials are lazy and the reason they can't afford a house is because they eat too much Avocado toast and not because of wages not rising accurately along side the cost of living and inflation.

     We eat too much toast, my Gen X parents famously have never eaten a toast and that's why they were able to buy their London council flat for 60k in the early 2000's, sell it for 300k in 2013 and it's now worth about 420k in 2023.

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Saturday, 08-Apr-2023 22:57:34 JST pettter

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     @james Well I mean there have been periods of socialist uprisings and actual progress, but that hasn't been because the old folks have died, generally speaking.

     It _might_ be because there's a whole lot of young folks, though, but I'm wondering if there's any data to support that.

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     james (james@strangeobject.space)'s status on Saturday, 08-Apr-2023 22:57:35 JST james

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     @pettter Everyone thinks that the next generation will be more liberal, but the answer is always "yes and no". "When the oldest gen dies, it'll get better" still waiting lol