You know I totally agree with all of this, because once the money is fake, the rest of the economy is doomed to follow. HOWEVER, the basic truth of the matter is this: She can 'suck it up' and work harder, or she can complain about it on TikTok.
Only one of these is a viable path forward.
The fact that something is terrible and unfair doesn't change the reality of your situation and what you must do to get out of it.
Another factor here is the changing of our culture. Young women are expected to go it alone, suck it up etc. This is very new. Young women used to marry early and work toward building a life and family with a spouse. Or young women would live with their parents until marriage. In the video she says she’s not cut out for this. She’s right. The reality is many young women need emotional support. They need family and community. Going it alone and barely surviving is extremely stressful to many young women in a way that might not be to a man. Most people of the past would understand this.
“You know I totally agree with all of this, because once the money is fake, the rest of the economy is doomed to follow” ultimately leading to us having a fake President. Obama’s third term is led from the shadows by a communist, non-American Muslim who’s never had a real job and who hates America, instead hoping to become the leader of a “one world” government. If Trump cannot overcome the rampant cheating & other UniParty obstacles, America is over.
Hey Clemenza! (They were neighbors when I was growing up) Please also look at both the Bush and Trump years in the debt graphic. We are being had by a bipartisantag team that does finger pointing very well while locking others out of the political system. Just look at unjust ballot access laws. Might as well have polling taxes. A pox on both their houses.
Trump had a much different operating strategy than any president before him. And the corrupt RINO-infested GOPe fought him every step of the way. Remember the tariff battles? Trump knew that the small-minded greedy politicians have sold America's wealth down the river for decades and he knows how to reverse that outflow of wealth - which he did! Trump knew that if we stayed on that course then debt could be managed and reduced.
But the Establishment of greedy Republicans and Democrats were determined to keep their Grift going and get Trump out of power. They and their globalist overlords are determined to strip every last dollar of wealth from the national population and funnel it all into their personal bank accounts. None of this is due to President Trump but we would be far worse had the economy not been doing as well when they released the fake Plandemic.
We were doing very well up until the flase flag but deadly attack on our nation by the Deep State in the form of a (now proven) fake pandemic which killed the economy and set the stage for a stolen election which was followed by a toxic fake vaccine and immediate shut down of our domestic energy production.
Remember the Deep State overwhelmed Pres. Trump in early 2020 by impeaching him for a second time just as the Covid-19 was being released here. He had to rely on others to handle that and Fauci, Birx, and Pence virtually stabbed him in the back and destroyed our national economy and cohesion in one giant move.
All correct, except that for accuracy, you need to drop the word "virtually" in your last paragraph. 30 years ago there was a clownish, clonish epidemic of journalists using this word in everything they wrote. William Safire (NY Times) wrote a column on this. What is their pet word today? Resiliency and resilient.
💯 The UniParty is destroying America and the only way out is a combo of Trump & an Article 5 convention of states, to impose term limits on the scumbags (95% of Ds & Rs) in Permanent DC.
Its bipartisan to a point, but the biden administration has begun a determined effort to destroy the economy of this country to help usher in a global scheme that will impoverish the average person in the name of "equity". I am old enough to have lived through several presidents and nothing companies to what the biden administration has done to this country. The trump administration may have started operation warp speed back in the beginning when Biden and Harris were telling people not to trust it, but then they did a 180 and mandated it, ruining the lives of hardworking military and healthcare workers who simply wanted to make their own healthcare decisions and ruining our military and healthcare system in the process. Then there is bidens stated intention that he would make 'fossil' fuels unaffordable, and he has. This, along with what he has done to farmers and the food supply is the quickest way to sabotage am economy. Then, there is the open border policy, with millions of people pouring into the country who desperately need to work for any wage, makes labor so cheap nobody will ever get a raise. (and everyone needs a raise, everything has gone up except wages, that's the problem) add to that the war in Ukraine, war with the Houthis in Yemen, bombing Iraq, (trump didn't start any new wars) and you get what we find ourselves in today. (Dont even get me started on the world health organization and the amendmentls to the international health resolutions that the Biden administration proposed) There are no saviors in our government, but dont believe they are all equally bad for the country. Look past the R or D. Turn off all media and go to congress.gov and see what they actually vote for, and stop using buzzwords like uniparty. Vote for those whose voting records align with your interests. Once they get in, call their office often to voice your (informed) opinion. Our system of government isnt perfect, but I challenge anyone to give me an example of one that's better.
I graduated college in 1973 with a degree in Elementary Education when lots os others did too. The employment market for teachers was really bad then. My first job was at a Catholic school making $6,100/year. Public school teachers made about $8,700 and up. Times were rough. I lived in a studio apartment to save money, no two bedroom for me. I was grateful when for my birthday my father bought me new tires for my nine year old car.
It wasn't the money being faux that was the problem but allowing unaccountable bankers to run it. Leaving the gold standard wasn't solely about making it faux money for wealth theft
While everything you say is true, probably the single biggest cause of young people’s financial misery is that accursed college diploma which has been shoved down their throats for a couple of generations now. There are endless opportunities for really good paying jobs across all of the trades, and there has been for some time here. Yes, for the few who get a cushy job in a non profit or who become “consultants” or who land on their feet in some office job with a MacBook, life after college is sweet, but for the rest of them, it is a lifetime of financial servitude. The system is rigged and brutal, but there are areas that we have agency, and one of them is to “just say no” to the diploma manufacturing industry….. I ain’t saying you are going to become rich, but you’ll be able to pay rent and go on vacation if you are even moderately competent in ANY trade.
Three, maybe four generations of Americans were subjected to relentless propaganda about how a college degree essentially guaranteed a good life, at least financially.
But when we dutifully complied, went to college to get our Golden Tickets and found we'd been sold magic beans, we protested and were told "Life's tough! Pay your dues! Work hard!"
When you point out the problems in the system, that doesn't make you lazy or entitled.
I’ve lived and worked all over the world, and know how many other people live. There are some simple facts of life young Americans must learn. First, complaining to the government isn’t going to help them. Second, you have to play the ball where it lies…it doesn’t matter what your parents had, your puzzle is your puzzle to solve. Thousands of immigrants come to the US and share living in a garage with 5 others. Sharing resources is essential. It’s dead common with Asians. Find a roomate, or a few roommates and share a 4 bedroom apartment. I lived in such places at school. Pool your resources this way. This is your life, your puzzle. It’s up to you.
I agree that the powers that be are dooming the economy but the reality is prior generations not only worked hard but worked smarter. It was very common to have adult children live at home AND contribute to the costs of the household (they weren’t freeloaders but still saving money). A college degree was not viewed as a 4 year vacation wherever they wanted to go. If you need a 6 figure loan to go to college you’re doing it wrong. You go to an in state school, seek out scholarship money (for grades), or community college for 2yrs & transfer. AND only get a degree in something that will help you get a job otherwise you’re sacrificing 4 yrs of potential work experience & money. You buy a car only if you need one & you don’t have car like monthly payments for the newest iPhone. There is not even an attempt to live within one’s means anymore because the parents of this generation never taught their children to (probably because their parents are living on borrowed money too). When you give them everything growing up except responsibility & advise them poorly you will have an unprepared adult with debt.
This! The only difference is that I was of the generation that didn't live with parents after turning 18. But in terms of sacrificing, going to state universities after transferring from community colleges, choosing degrees that offered jobs, etc., that's how it was when I was younger.
And pooling resources, that was a very big deal. I've had more roommates in my lifetime than I could count--whatever was needed to save money and try to get ahead the best I could. Wasn't too proud to take menial fast-food or whatever type jobs to gain experience for moving ahead. Shared and bought used furniture, etc. I recall living several years w/o a TV at all and then buying a small black-and-white one which I propped up on a milk crate.
Yes, and also, having roommates tends to make you much more tolerant and understanding of others, and yet, to be able to negotiate and have a backbone when needed.
Regarding the milk crates, I've still got mine in the garage. They are much hardier than the ones made in China nowadays.
The government WANTS these kids to believe there’s nowhere else to turn but to the government. It cements government control over them. Government wants young people clamoring for UBI. They want EVERYONE on welfare. It worked so well for everyone else on it. Absolutely destroyed families.
Your points are all entirely valid. We are leaving our children a disaster. However - I see videos like this regularly and I don’t think these young people are thinking about the country’s debt crisis, social security or that far into the future. Inflation is definitely a problem for them, but so many of them seem overwhelmed by the idea that they actually have to work all day five days a week (to “exhaustion”) in order to live. When in history did regular people not have to work? These young people come from grade inflation colleges where they had class a couple of hours a day, maybe spent a hour or two in the library, and then spent the rest of the time “living their life”. It’s a big adjustment to have an actual job. I expect that those creating these videos were NOT the young people who had multiple jobs over the summer or even during the school year to pay their portion of tuition or have spending money. They were kids whose parents gave them cars when they got their drivers licenses, made regular Starbucks runs, and generally had it pretty cushy. Adulting is hard. I worked in non profit for several years out of college and the only time I lived by myself I ran up way too much credit card debt because it wasn’t sustainable - back to roommates and cheap apartments - no granite countertops for me (until I was 45, actually). So many of these videos show these young people sitting in their nice light and spacious apartments or new looking cars - not things that my cohort had when we were in our early 20’s.
Jordan - I understand & agree with the argument you are making. However, this video really doesn’t advance that. This girl is a piece of work. I have 4 young adult kids & none of them would go on a platform & cry, realistically believing they would get answers from strangers in this situation. She doesn’t share how old she is, what her job is, where she lives, what her expenses are etc so she’s not really looking for advice or a solution on how to change her circumstances, she’s looking only for sympathy. She’s emotionally unprepared to live independently as an adult & I bet that even if she got more money she would still be unprepared. A better video to your point would be someone not crying, stating their education, job, rent range in area, expenses etc etc & how they’re unable to save any money to buy a condo, townhouse in future.
Number one. What does work harder even mean? More jobs? Here's a simple way to work harder to get results. First, figure out what the employer wants, put yourself in their shoes, and what would make you stand out to an employer. Here's a clue: employers hate complainers, and guess what? Many millennials are big complainers. Two, make the employer look good. Have their back. Most don't think about this because they only think of themselves. Again, feel like the employer think like the employer. Look at the optics. If you owned the businesses what employee would you want? Be that employee. . It's that simple
I seem to remember Thomas Edison promising Nikola Tesla $50,000 if he came up with a functional AC electrical system.
So Tesla went to work on the problem and succeeded. When he went to Edison, expecting to be paid as agreed upon, Edison told him he didn't understand the American sense of humor.
Always assume you can't trust people, ESPECIALLY those who employ you.
Neither the "work harder" nor the "terrible times we live in" approach is going to help this girl or young people like her very much. What they need is practical advice on how to work the system they're stuck with. The first thing that leaped out at me in this video was her lament that her 2-bedroom apartment costs $1660/mo. What she needs is a studio apartment or a roommate. Next, once she's cut down her housing costs, someone should show her where she can cut back on her expenses -- on food, for example (when I was starting out, I learned how to make a half-pound of ground round last a week, bolstered by rice or pasta and the cheapest veggies). It's a matter of attitude, turning a disaster into a challenge or even a game. You can even schedule a good cry as a special treat, just as you'd schedule a meal out -- at a cheap food truck, if necessary -- as a reward for toughing out a setback.
I think she is doing that for clicks and likes. I know you said to put this aside BUT why is she in a 2 bedroom? $1660 a month for rent? She gets down at 5:30 and is so tired? What does she do? At her age I had one child and worked full time AND went to classes three nights a week.
Let me guess she grew up having no responsibility outside of being "happy"! Didn't have to get a job at 15 (like I did and made my kids do) and didn't have to do much of anything she didn't want to!
Being a young adult is hard—period! It is, and was, for all of us. The problem is, well-meaning parents have kept this generation comfortable and a child for far too long. It is actually easier than forcing struggle on kids who compete with their peers for goodies…hence a generation who wants goodies from government. Yes, the dollar is wack, but that focus only keeps these young people as victims. Expectations must adjust. Beg out of the feminist mindset that insists you can be and do it all.
I suggest she move to a more affordable location, marry and have children. THEN they will work 24/7, but for purpose and meaning with a lifelong teammate to help carry the load. I suggest they attend a local church together to have and give support to others who are seeking a life of goodness and meaning. She will still be exhausted. She will still have no time for herself. She will still be rubbing nickels together, maybe driving an old car and growing a garden and cook “local” healthful food at home. Maybe the kids share a bedroom. Maybe…maybe…we can learn from what worked in the past.
Solution focused technique: do less of what doesn’t work (feminist life map) and more of what does(traditional lifestyle).
AND of course they look online and see others (saying) they make so much money by being on you tube and Instagram and whatever. They WANT is what it is.
Also worth mentioning is that the cost of health care, in particular, is wreaking havoc with standards of living for young people, even if they are healthy and don't need much in the way of medical services.
They do need to pay higher taxes to support our obscenely expensive system. Also, the high health insurance premiums, even if paid mostly by her employer, serve to reduce the wages that employers can pay. People should think about this economic fact before they blame employers for being too stingy with their pay.
The problem isn’t that the healthcare system has enough money. The problem is that the people are more unhealthy every year and carry very little of the burden their unhealthy lifestyles place on the healthcare system.
Nobody likes to hear it, but the vast majority of healthcare costs are NOT from catastrophic illnesses outside of the control of the patient. The vast majority are incurred by treating diseases that are the direct result of bad diet, no exercise and the promotion of mental illness by media.
Furthermore I’m yet to see anyone show the cost of healthcare has decreased through an increase of taxation and government regulation. I see many claims that “it will in the future if we do x”. But retroactive looks? Always more expensive. Which is obvious considering few government spending programs treat the problems at its source: Unhealthy Lifestyles.
I would say it's a combination of not enough people taking responsibility for their health, plus poor advice from government/doctors on diet and lifestyle, and treatments promoted by the medical system which generally only make matters worse in the long run. Plus environmental factors such as glyphosate and vaccine poisoning.
I would agree with those causes. Which exposes the real issue in the healthcare conversation. The discussion shouldn’t be about money, it should be about why we are spending money and getting nothing for it.
If public money is going towards public health, then both the public and the healthcare providers need to be held accountable for their actions.
If you come begging the public to subsidize your healthcare, then we get to make demands of your behavior.
If you come begging the public to subsidize your medical products/services then we get to make demands of the effectiveness of those things we pay for.
There should be no free ride on public money for any person or business.
Ever notice how the country started getting fat & lazy at the same time computers became commonplace, and sitting on your ass all day & night staring at a screen while eating vending-machine snacks & knocking back Red Bulls was what a "good" job looked like?
Why should the young, who're healthy, have to EVEN HAVE health insurance?
I didn't see the inside of a doctor's office, unless I was driving someone to an appointment or had suffered some minor industrial accident, until I was 45.
In a saner world, the only real reason the young would need health insurance would be in case of a life-threatening accident. Otherwise, they should be in good health, or at least not require expensive medical services.
Why are these single young women living on their own? Stay at home until you're married and then have some kids and raise a family together. If your parents don't want you there, find some other wholesome women in the same situation and room together until you find a husband. Definitely don't go into debt for some useless degree.
The wealth concentrate of free money flowing to the 1 % to control the Feral reserve system of lies.
The system rewards the most ignorant and despicable policymakers, how can anyone explain a quote .of a brake job in 2017 costing 331.00 ad todays quote 742.Its the purchasing power of dollar destroyed by deliberate debt (defecit) of government waste. all deliberate by NWO/central bankers
The masters of deceit have kept inflation under control!
Omg Jordan but have you heard how terrible DEFLATION IS!?!?!?! Omg it’s so terrible!
Products would get cheaper every year and that encourages people to save since that same item they could buy today would be cheaper in a year.
Just think how terrible it would be if people couldn’t access endless amounts of credit! The car industry would collapse since nobody would be able to borrow money to buy a 60,000 standard vehicle!
The car companies would have to dramatically reduce the price and that would lead to less tv screens in the dash, less twin turbos with 10 speed transmissions to ensure you get 40 MPG to cut carbon emissions.
Oh the destruction. Thank god for inflation and endless credit.
Ah there it is, credit. Using someone else's money to live. I dealt with someone once who got caught in that trap, several credit cards, each one to pay down the other. Insanity. My theory has always been if you cant afford to pay cash in full or pay 20% more than the minimum monthly payment each pay day. Don't buy it.
"supposed lack of motivation and effort, the reason why all kids these days don’t have two nickels to rub together. Here’s why that’s nonsense, it’s both ignorant and naïve?" & "she could obviously do a much better job at budgeting, especially if living at home for a while or finding a roommate is an option. But let’s put that aside for a moment." Obviously? You just said its it’s both ignorant and naïve. It isn't. It is part of the whole. Although all your points are true, you contradict yourself constantly. This piece could not convince anyone to change their perspective. And where can we find where you put the obvious truth aside? Because its no where in this piece.
Wars and the climate change scam and Covid scam and the like all make life more expensive, and for those on the margins or starting out, they are squeezed out.
Your comment is a perfect example of the other side of the problem, assuming you know everything to have sufficient context to make that ridiculous remark when you don't. Like most instead of putting up some sort of solution, you accuse the author of "making excuses" when they did nothing of the sort. The article provided a clear analysis of the reasons causing these people to struggle, idiot Democrat fiscal decision making. That is not making excuses for anyone, its simple facts.
Politicians always make a mess of things. Nothing… repeat nothing…can happen on the political front in any reasonable timescale that will make life easier for young people. It’s up to them. The sooner they learn this the better. Pooling resources is how immigrants settle down in the west. They don’t complain on TikTok about their situation. Emulate their successful model. Entering adulthood and getting established is a LOT like being a new immigrant.
Fair call, its not only peoples responsibility to own their lives but it is their responsibility to engage in the political process as well, its when people disengage government becomes corrupt and and countries end up with as @Juice noted a "poppy pants" president that is controlled by those who do not have the country or its peoples interests at heart nor are they loyals. I am of two minds with Tik Tok, it all comes down to how it is used. Given it is the chosen platform of the young, I think the older generation need to embrace it and use it to educate them, Can't talk to them face to face and maybe this is a means to get the message across.
I can appreciate TikTok…it’s good at getting to the nub of things. I think our politicians have pretty much all been bought or compromised in some manner. And with the crooked election process that most of them don’t seem up in arms about, I’m not sure if it’s not already too late for political engagement at the federal level. They don’t need us anymore as the federal system has been gamed by the Robber Barons. I suspect the next move is for states and counties to increasingly repudiate the feds, as is our constitutional authority and duty to do so. It’s time for We the People to peacefully but assertively exercise our constitutional rights reserved to The People. Our Founding Fathers clearly foresaw this possibility and gave us the tools to do so. It’s time to have this conversation.
Yes the one thing I envy about the US is their Constitution and how it keeps government in check. My country the constitution has become a weapon used against us. I was considering emigrating to the US in my retirement to Florida or Texas, then someone informed me you have to be vaccinated to enter the country unless your an illegal immigrant. Not so much land of the free then. Still I might have to go to Mexico and come in the back door and pretend I am a minority so I don't need a vaccine and will get free money and bus tickets and a phone and priority for everything else.
I agree your Federal system is in crisis at present, but again, its getting people who can vote to recognise that and exercise their vote. So many I spoke to in 2020 and they said "I ain' voitng, whats the point". Now all they do is moan to me about Biden and the Democraps. I just say to em, you made your choice by not voting, so don't cry about the result. I believe you may be right in terms of state push back, De Santis and the governor of Texas are the first, I suspect more will follow suit as things deteriorate or if the Democrats get back in.
Perfectly articulated. I'd tell this woman to grow up and realize discomfort is actually good and motivating, but only if harnessed. Unfortunately today's culture coddles and nurtures helplessness. Bitching about our economy and our poppy pants "President" as true as it is doesn't help anyone. Government is the problem, not the solution. You are.
You know I totally agree with all of this, because once the money is fake, the rest of the economy is doomed to follow. HOWEVER, the basic truth of the matter is this: She can 'suck it up' and work harder, or she can complain about it on TikTok.
Only one of these is a viable path forward.
The fact that something is terrible and unfair doesn't change the reality of your situation and what you must do to get out of it.
Another factor here is the changing of our culture. Young women are expected to go it alone, suck it up etc. This is very new. Young women used to marry early and work toward building a life and family with a spouse. Or young women would live with their parents until marriage. In the video she says she’s not cut out for this. She’s right. The reality is many young women need emotional support. They need family and community. Going it alone and barely surviving is extremely stressful to many young women in a way that might not be to a man. Most people of the past would understand this.
The problem is that women don't really WANT to be CEO or VP.
They WANT to be MRS and MOM.
“You know I totally agree with all of this, because once the money is fake, the rest of the economy is doomed to follow” ultimately leading to us having a fake President. Obama’s third term is led from the shadows by a communist, non-American Muslim who’s never had a real job and who hates America, instead hoping to become the leader of a “one world” government. If Trump cannot overcome the rampant cheating & other UniParty obstacles, America is over.
Hey Clemenza! (They were neighbors when I was growing up) Please also look at both the Bush and Trump years in the debt graphic. We are being had by a bipartisantag team that does finger pointing very well while locking others out of the political system. Just look at unjust ballot access laws. Might as well have polling taxes. A pox on both their houses.
Trump had a much different operating strategy than any president before him. And the corrupt RINO-infested GOPe fought him every step of the way. Remember the tariff battles? Trump knew that the small-minded greedy politicians have sold America's wealth down the river for decades and he knows how to reverse that outflow of wealth - which he did! Trump knew that if we stayed on that course then debt could be managed and reduced.
But the Establishment of greedy Republicans and Democrats were determined to keep their Grift going and get Trump out of power. They and their globalist overlords are determined to strip every last dollar of wealth from the national population and funnel it all into their personal bank accounts. None of this is due to President Trump but we would be far worse had the economy not been doing as well when they released the fake Plandemic.
We were doing very well up until the flase flag but deadly attack on our nation by the Deep State in the form of a (now proven) fake pandemic which killed the economy and set the stage for a stolen election which was followed by a toxic fake vaccine and immediate shut down of our domestic energy production.
Remember the Deep State overwhelmed Pres. Trump in early 2020 by impeaching him for a second time just as the Covid-19 was being released here. He had to rely on others to handle that and Fauci, Birx, and Pence virtually stabbed him in the back and destroyed our national economy and cohesion in one giant move.
Very well said as well as entirely accurate.
All correct, except that for accuracy, you need to drop the word "virtually" in your last paragraph. 30 years ago there was a clownish, clonish epidemic of journalists using this word in everything they wrote. William Safire (NY Times) wrote a column on this. What is their pet word today? Resiliency and resilient.
💯 The UniParty is destroying America and the only way out is a combo of Trump & an Article 5 convention of states, to impose term limits on the scumbags (95% of Ds & Rs) in Permanent DC.
Its bipartisan to a point, but the biden administration has begun a determined effort to destroy the economy of this country to help usher in a global scheme that will impoverish the average person in the name of "equity". I am old enough to have lived through several presidents and nothing companies to what the biden administration has done to this country. The trump administration may have started operation warp speed back in the beginning when Biden and Harris were telling people not to trust it, but then they did a 180 and mandated it, ruining the lives of hardworking military and healthcare workers who simply wanted to make their own healthcare decisions and ruining our military and healthcare system in the process. Then there is bidens stated intention that he would make 'fossil' fuels unaffordable, and he has. This, along with what he has done to farmers and the food supply is the quickest way to sabotage am economy. Then, there is the open border policy, with millions of people pouring into the country who desperately need to work for any wage, makes labor so cheap nobody will ever get a raise. (and everyone needs a raise, everything has gone up except wages, that's the problem) add to that the war in Ukraine, war with the Houthis in Yemen, bombing Iraq, (trump didn't start any new wars) and you get what we find ourselves in today. (Dont even get me started on the world health organization and the amendmentls to the international health resolutions that the Biden administration proposed) There are no saviors in our government, but dont believe they are all equally bad for the country. Look past the R or D. Turn off all media and go to congress.gov and see what they actually vote for, and stop using buzzwords like uniparty. Vote for those whose voting records align with your interests. Once they get in, call their office often to voice your (informed) opinion. Our system of government isnt perfect, but I challenge anyone to give me an example of one that's better.
I graduated college in 1973 with a degree in Elementary Education when lots os others did too. The employment market for teachers was really bad then. My first job was at a Catholic school making $6,100/year. Public school teachers made about $8,700 and up. Times were rough. I lived in a studio apartment to save money, no two bedroom for me. I was grateful when for my birthday my father bought me new tires for my nine year old car.
It wasn't the money being faux that was the problem but allowing unaccountable bankers to run it. Leaving the gold standard wasn't solely about making it faux money for wealth theft
If what you must do to get out of a dysfunctional financial system is to reach a consensus then talking about it is totally valid.
While everything you say is true, probably the single biggest cause of young people’s financial misery is that accursed college diploma which has been shoved down their throats for a couple of generations now. There are endless opportunities for really good paying jobs across all of the trades, and there has been for some time here. Yes, for the few who get a cushy job in a non profit or who become “consultants” or who land on their feet in some office job with a MacBook, life after college is sweet, but for the rest of them, it is a lifetime of financial servitude. The system is rigged and brutal, but there are areas that we have agency, and one of them is to “just say no” to the diploma manufacturing industry….. I ain’t saying you are going to become rich, but you’ll be able to pay rent and go on vacation if you are even moderately competent in ANY trade.
This!
Three, maybe four generations of Americans were subjected to relentless propaganda about how a college degree essentially guaranteed a good life, at least financially.
But when we dutifully complied, went to college to get our Golden Tickets and found we'd been sold magic beans, we protested and were told "Life's tough! Pay your dues! Work hard!"
When you point out the problems in the system, that doesn't make you lazy or entitled.
I’ve lived and worked all over the world, and know how many other people live. There are some simple facts of life young Americans must learn. First, complaining to the government isn’t going to help them. Second, you have to play the ball where it lies…it doesn’t matter what your parents had, your puzzle is your puzzle to solve. Thousands of immigrants come to the US and share living in a garage with 5 others. Sharing resources is essential. It’s dead common with Asians. Find a roomate, or a few roommates and share a 4 bedroom apartment. I lived in such places at school. Pool your resources this way. This is your life, your puzzle. It’s up to you.
I agree that the powers that be are dooming the economy but the reality is prior generations not only worked hard but worked smarter. It was very common to have adult children live at home AND contribute to the costs of the household (they weren’t freeloaders but still saving money). A college degree was not viewed as a 4 year vacation wherever they wanted to go. If you need a 6 figure loan to go to college you’re doing it wrong. You go to an in state school, seek out scholarship money (for grades), or community college for 2yrs & transfer. AND only get a degree in something that will help you get a job otherwise you’re sacrificing 4 yrs of potential work experience & money. You buy a car only if you need one & you don’t have car like monthly payments for the newest iPhone. There is not even an attempt to live within one’s means anymore because the parents of this generation never taught their children to (probably because their parents are living on borrowed money too). When you give them everything growing up except responsibility & advise them poorly you will have an unprepared adult with debt.
This! The only difference is that I was of the generation that didn't live with parents after turning 18. But in terms of sacrificing, going to state universities after transferring from community colleges, choosing degrees that offered jobs, etc., that's how it was when I was younger.
And pooling resources, that was a very big deal. I've had more roommates in my lifetime than I could count--whatever was needed to save money and try to get ahead the best I could. Wasn't too proud to take menial fast-food or whatever type jobs to gain experience for moving ahead. Shared and bought used furniture, etc. I recall living several years w/o a TV at all and then buying a small black-and-white one which I propped up on a milk crate.
Agreed!
I’m sitting here imagining photos of both you and Karen in my high school yearbook. We all seem to be of “a certain age.” :)
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Yes, and also, having roommates tends to make you much more tolerant and understanding of others, and yet, to be able to negotiate and have a backbone when needed.
Regarding the milk crates, I've still got mine in the garage. They are much hardier than the ones made in China nowadays.
Beautifully said, Karen.
The government WANTS these kids to believe there’s nowhere else to turn but to the government. It cements government control over them. Government wants young people clamoring for UBI. They want EVERYONE on welfare. It worked so well for everyone else on it. Absolutely destroyed families.
~if the corruption level continues at this pace you will be eating bugs.
Your points are all entirely valid. We are leaving our children a disaster. However - I see videos like this regularly and I don’t think these young people are thinking about the country’s debt crisis, social security or that far into the future. Inflation is definitely a problem for them, but so many of them seem overwhelmed by the idea that they actually have to work all day five days a week (to “exhaustion”) in order to live. When in history did regular people not have to work? These young people come from grade inflation colleges where they had class a couple of hours a day, maybe spent a hour or two in the library, and then spent the rest of the time “living their life”. It’s a big adjustment to have an actual job. I expect that those creating these videos were NOT the young people who had multiple jobs over the summer or even during the school year to pay their portion of tuition or have spending money. They were kids whose parents gave them cars when they got their drivers licenses, made regular Starbucks runs, and generally had it pretty cushy. Adulting is hard. I worked in non profit for several years out of college and the only time I lived by myself I ran up way too much credit card debt because it wasn’t sustainable - back to roommates and cheap apartments - no granite countertops for me (until I was 45, actually). So many of these videos show these young people sitting in their nice light and spacious apartments or new looking cars - not things that my cohort had when we were in our early 20’s.
Jordan - I understand & agree with the argument you are making. However, this video really doesn’t advance that. This girl is a piece of work. I have 4 young adult kids & none of them would go on a platform & cry, realistically believing they would get answers from strangers in this situation. She doesn’t share how old she is, what her job is, where she lives, what her expenses are etc so she’s not really looking for advice or a solution on how to change her circumstances, she’s looking only for sympathy. She’s emotionally unprepared to live independently as an adult & I bet that even if she got more money she would still be unprepared. A better video to your point would be someone not crying, stating their education, job, rent range in area, expenses etc etc & how they’re unable to save any money to buy a condo, townhouse in future.
Number one. What does work harder even mean? More jobs? Here's a simple way to work harder to get results. First, figure out what the employer wants, put yourself in their shoes, and what would make you stand out to an employer. Here's a clue: employers hate complainers, and guess what? Many millennials are big complainers. Two, make the employer look good. Have their back. Most don't think about this because they only think of themselves. Again, feel like the employer think like the employer. Look at the optics. If you owned the businesses what employee would you want? Be that employee. . It's that simple
I seem to remember Thomas Edison promising Nikola Tesla $50,000 if he came up with a functional AC electrical system.
So Tesla went to work on the problem and succeeded. When he went to Edison, expecting to be paid as agreed upon, Edison told him he didn't understand the American sense of humor.
Always assume you can't trust people, ESPECIALLY those who employ you.
Neither the "work harder" nor the "terrible times we live in" approach is going to help this girl or young people like her very much. What they need is practical advice on how to work the system they're stuck with. The first thing that leaped out at me in this video was her lament that her 2-bedroom apartment costs $1660/mo. What she needs is a studio apartment or a roommate. Next, once she's cut down her housing costs, someone should show her where she can cut back on her expenses -- on food, for example (when I was starting out, I learned how to make a half-pound of ground round last a week, bolstered by rice or pasta and the cheapest veggies). It's a matter of attitude, turning a disaster into a challenge or even a game. You can even schedule a good cry as a special treat, just as you'd schedule a meal out -- at a cheap food truck, if necessary -- as a reward for toughing out a setback.
I think she is doing that for clicks and likes. I know you said to put this aside BUT why is she in a 2 bedroom? $1660 a month for rent? She gets down at 5:30 and is so tired? What does she do? At her age I had one child and worked full time AND went to classes three nights a week.
Let me guess she grew up having no responsibility outside of being "happy"! Didn't have to get a job at 15 (like I did and made my kids do) and didn't have to do much of anything she didn't want to!
Being a young adult is hard—period! It is, and was, for all of us. The problem is, well-meaning parents have kept this generation comfortable and a child for far too long. It is actually easier than forcing struggle on kids who compete with their peers for goodies…hence a generation who wants goodies from government. Yes, the dollar is wack, but that focus only keeps these young people as victims. Expectations must adjust. Beg out of the feminist mindset that insists you can be and do it all.
I suggest she move to a more affordable location, marry and have children. THEN they will work 24/7, but for purpose and meaning with a lifelong teammate to help carry the load. I suggest they attend a local church together to have and give support to others who are seeking a life of goodness and meaning. She will still be exhausted. She will still have no time for herself. She will still be rubbing nickels together, maybe driving an old car and growing a garden and cook “local” healthful food at home. Maybe the kids share a bedroom. Maybe…maybe…we can learn from what worked in the past.
Solution focused technique: do less of what doesn’t work (feminist life map) and more of what does(traditional lifestyle).
AND of course they look online and see others (saying) they make so much money by being on you tube and Instagram and whatever. They WANT is what it is.
It's what you get when you're inundated in other people's carefully-edited highlight reels. You think you're failing at life.
She's whining on tiktok, traditional is not in most modern American women's thought process.
Amen brother.
Also worth mentioning is that the cost of health care, in particular, is wreaking havoc with standards of living for young people, even if they are healthy and don't need much in the way of medical services.
They do need to pay higher taxes to support our obscenely expensive system. Also, the high health insurance premiums, even if paid mostly by her employer, serve to reduce the wages that employers can pay. People should think about this economic fact before they blame employers for being too stingy with their pay.
The problem isn’t that the healthcare system has enough money. The problem is that the people are more unhealthy every year and carry very little of the burden their unhealthy lifestyles place on the healthcare system.
Nobody likes to hear it, but the vast majority of healthcare costs are NOT from catastrophic illnesses outside of the control of the patient. The vast majority are incurred by treating diseases that are the direct result of bad diet, no exercise and the promotion of mental illness by media.
Furthermore I’m yet to see anyone show the cost of healthcare has decreased through an increase of taxation and government regulation. I see many claims that “it will in the future if we do x”. But retroactive looks? Always more expensive. Which is obvious considering few government spending programs treat the problems at its source: Unhealthy Lifestyles.
I would say it's a combination of not enough people taking responsibility for their health, plus poor advice from government/doctors on diet and lifestyle, and treatments promoted by the medical system which generally only make matters worse in the long run. Plus environmental factors such as glyphosate and vaccine poisoning.
I would agree with those causes. Which exposes the real issue in the healthcare conversation. The discussion shouldn’t be about money, it should be about why we are spending money and getting nothing for it.
If public money is going towards public health, then both the public and the healthcare providers need to be held accountable for their actions.
If you come begging the public to subsidize your healthcare, then we get to make demands of your behavior.
If you come begging the public to subsidize your medical products/services then we get to make demands of the effectiveness of those things we pay for.
There should be no free ride on public money for any person or business.
Absolutely. Our health care system is Corporate welfare disguised as individual welfare.
Ever notice how the country started getting fat & lazy at the same time computers became commonplace, and sitting on your ass all day & night staring at a screen while eating vending-machine snacks & knocking back Red Bulls was what a "good" job looked like?
Why should the young, who're healthy, have to EVEN HAVE health insurance?
I didn't see the inside of a doctor's office, unless I was driving someone to an appointment or had suffered some minor industrial accident, until I was 45.
Hey now! Don’t disparage the good name of Red Bull! How else am I supposed to stare at this screen for 15 hours a day?
Ah, of course!
Hey, notice how Red Bull didn't become a thing until long after obnoxiously long hours became expected of employees?
In a saner world, the only real reason the young would need health insurance would be in case of a life-threatening accident. Otherwise, they should be in good health, or at least not require expensive medical services.
Why are these single young women living on their own? Stay at home until you're married and then have some kids and raise a family together. If your parents don't want you there, find some other wholesome women in the same situation and room together until you find a husband. Definitely don't go into debt for some useless degree.
Because they can't be Strong Women and empowered girlbosses with a wedding ring on their hand and a baby on their hip.
Apparently.
The wealth concentrate of free money flowing to the 1 % to control the Feral reserve system of lies.
The system rewards the most ignorant and despicable policymakers, how can anyone explain a quote .of a brake job in 2017 costing 331.00 ad todays quote 742.Its the purchasing power of dollar destroyed by deliberate debt (defecit) of government waste. all deliberate by NWO/central bankers
The masters of deceit have kept inflation under control!
Omg Jordan but have you heard how terrible DEFLATION IS!?!?!?! Omg it’s so terrible!
Products would get cheaper every year and that encourages people to save since that same item they could buy today would be cheaper in a year.
Just think how terrible it would be if people couldn’t access endless amounts of credit! The car industry would collapse since nobody would be able to borrow money to buy a 60,000 standard vehicle!
The car companies would have to dramatically reduce the price and that would lead to less tv screens in the dash, less twin turbos with 10 speed transmissions to ensure you get 40 MPG to cut carbon emissions.
Oh the destruction. Thank god for inflation and endless credit.
Ah there it is, credit. Using someone else's money to live. I dealt with someone once who got caught in that trap, several credit cards, each one to pay down the other. Insanity. My theory has always been if you cant afford to pay cash in full or pay 20% more than the minimum monthly payment each pay day. Don't buy it.
You, sir, must be a fellow Misesian. If you aren’t, then you must join as a member!
See Mises.org
"supposed lack of motivation and effort, the reason why all kids these days don’t have two nickels to rub together. Here’s why that’s nonsense, it’s both ignorant and naïve?" & "she could obviously do a much better job at budgeting, especially if living at home for a while or finding a roommate is an option. But let’s put that aside for a moment." Obviously? You just said its it’s both ignorant and naïve. It isn't. It is part of the whole. Although all your points are true, you contradict yourself constantly. This piece could not convince anyone to change their perspective. And where can we find where you put the obvious truth aside? Because its no where in this piece.
Wars and the climate change scam and Covid scam and the like all make life more expensive, and for those on the margins or starting out, they are squeezed out.
Making excuses for them isn’t helping them one iota.
Your comment is a perfect example of the other side of the problem, assuming you know everything to have sufficient context to make that ridiculous remark when you don't. Like most instead of putting up some sort of solution, you accuse the author of "making excuses" when they did nothing of the sort. The article provided a clear analysis of the reasons causing these people to struggle, idiot Democrat fiscal decision making. That is not making excuses for anyone, its simple facts.
Politicians always make a mess of things. Nothing… repeat nothing…can happen on the political front in any reasonable timescale that will make life easier for young people. It’s up to them. The sooner they learn this the better. Pooling resources is how immigrants settle down in the west. They don’t complain on TikTok about their situation. Emulate their successful model. Entering adulthood and getting established is a LOT like being a new immigrant.
Fair call, its not only peoples responsibility to own their lives but it is their responsibility to engage in the political process as well, its when people disengage government becomes corrupt and and countries end up with as @Juice noted a "poppy pants" president that is controlled by those who do not have the country or its peoples interests at heart nor are they loyals. I am of two minds with Tik Tok, it all comes down to how it is used. Given it is the chosen platform of the young, I think the older generation need to embrace it and use it to educate them, Can't talk to them face to face and maybe this is a means to get the message across.
I can appreciate TikTok…it’s good at getting to the nub of things. I think our politicians have pretty much all been bought or compromised in some manner. And with the crooked election process that most of them don’t seem up in arms about, I’m not sure if it’s not already too late for political engagement at the federal level. They don’t need us anymore as the federal system has been gamed by the Robber Barons. I suspect the next move is for states and counties to increasingly repudiate the feds, as is our constitutional authority and duty to do so. It’s time for We the People to peacefully but assertively exercise our constitutional rights reserved to The People. Our Founding Fathers clearly foresaw this possibility and gave us the tools to do so. It’s time to have this conversation.
Yes the one thing I envy about the US is their Constitution and how it keeps government in check. My country the constitution has become a weapon used against us. I was considering emigrating to the US in my retirement to Florida or Texas, then someone informed me you have to be vaccinated to enter the country unless your an illegal immigrant. Not so much land of the free then. Still I might have to go to Mexico and come in the back door and pretend I am a minority so I don't need a vaccine and will get free money and bus tickets and a phone and priority for everything else.
I agree your Federal system is in crisis at present, but again, its getting people who can vote to recognise that and exercise their vote. So many I spoke to in 2020 and they said "I ain' voitng, whats the point". Now all they do is moan to me about Biden and the Democraps. I just say to em, you made your choice by not voting, so don't cry about the result. I believe you may be right in terms of state push back, De Santis and the governor of Texas are the first, I suspect more will follow suit as things deteriorate or if the Democrats get back in.
I wasn’t aware they still required visitors to be jabbed. I travel overseas regularly and am not jabbed.
People did get out to vote bigtime in 2020. But the Election was blatantly stolen by the Democrats.
Yes, don't come unless Trump gets re-elected.
US is being actively destroyed.
Also, America is 248 years old, and Nations average around 250 years. Just sayin ...
https://thenationaldesk.com/news/politics/the-average-empire-survives-for-250-years-is-america-at-deaths-door
Perfectly articulated. I'd tell this woman to grow up and realize discomfort is actually good and motivating, but only if harnessed. Unfortunately today's culture coddles and nurtures helplessness. Bitching about our economy and our poppy pants "President" as true as it is doesn't help anyone. Government is the problem, not the solution. You are.