I mean, it kind of makes sense. These kids aren't stupid. They see that most of the upward mobility ladders have been pulled up by the last generation to climb them, and there's not much left besides gambling on meme stocks, OnlyFans, and trying to become a popular streamer.

They look at their Millennial parents generation and say "Why would I want to study hard, go to college, and work my ass off? That's what you did and you have six figures of debt and work at Starbucks!" We were suckers and believed in class mobility. I think the next generation of kids are more observant and cynical and have figured out the deck is stacked against them.