Social media is definitely making information about inequality more accessible. But that doesn’t mean the underlying issues aren’t real. It would be a mistake to dismiss economic anxieties as just a trendy social media thing. Owning a house isn’t just “trendy”, it’s been part of the American dream that has steadily become out of reach.
Thanks for the downvote and missing the point. I decided to read the article and was largely responding to the following:
>"I'm a Gen X-er," says Beal. "We lived to work. Generation Z works to live. They work to enjoy life, to experience life, to travel. They have a completely different mindset
Which is more a point about the current culture than about the state of economy.
> including falling wages and a challenging real estate market in which rent increases outpace earnings.
> Around the globe, the eldest Gen Z-ers are heading into their late-20s amid undeniable economic headwinds.
> Financial wellness company Brightplan's 2024 Wellness Barometer Survey of 1,400 US-based knowledge workers at global companies found that a majority, regardless of age, report feeling stressed about their financial situation, citing high inflation, rising interest rates and market volatility as complicating factors.
Yup, you are definitely an idiot. You are quoting the economic situation and I am quoting the attitude towards money. What is the problem? You can a make a point about culture and economics in the same article.
Literally read a sentence beyond what I quoted.
>"I'm just living life, but that's how everyone is," she tells me over the phone, noting that most of her friends are enjoying their early 20s without too much regard for the future.
How hard is it to engage in a point rather than trying to prove that I somehow didn't read the article?
