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.
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.
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.
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
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).
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.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
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.
Crony capitalism is NOT capitalism. It is a corporate welfare state. Free markets haven’t existed in my lifetime.
I worked average 10 to 12 hours a day and at times it was as high as 16 to 18 an hours a day, in my 41 years as a welder!
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
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).
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.
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.
"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.