Perhaps we should find ways of making them feel good about living in tent cities?
Same as you'll never get me to give up delicious food by handing me a bottle of Soylent.
So yes, things have changed for many reasons. Our middle class, outside of those in a few booming sectors is struggling, if not outright choking. College is becoming a no-win proposition for some and at 33, I certainly am not expecting a life like that of my grandparents or great-grandparents, for better or worse. So I get it. I was just pointing out that there is a middle ground between those two viewpoints on either end, and perhaps, just perhaps a solution is somewhere in that terrain.
I'm not holding out hope though, as there are so many forces at work right now and...yeah our leadership is making me a bit nervous.
^These observations is all America-centric, I know that. I don't pretend to know how things are for every young person globally and don't want to act like I do.
The problem though is survivorship bias: plenty of people in the '50s and '60s were poor, or didn't buy their own house, or etc... and likewise plenty of "kids today" are doing well.
Yeah, and you don't even own the 4 walls, nor the land. And companies like uber and others seek to extract the leftover and skirt employment regulations. And your stuff keeps failing as you try to fix it. And automation is an ever-present downward force that makes your degree into a $10/hr grind.
But, you know, progress?