> but you cant just tell kids they are doomed
Lying to them when they can see the evidence to the contrary is better?
Lying to them when they can see the evidence to the contrary is better?
It isn't a lie, I don't know what the future will be but I know there will be people who thrive and people who wither.
It would have to be either
a) a complete fabrication or
b) a little play on words where “working smart and hard” is the load-bearing bit of phrasing that implies that any negative impacts from economic downturn would strictly reflect on a person’s work ethic and/or intelligence.
“Don’t worry about the future, your net worth will reflect your personal worth regardless of external economic conditions!” sounds way more depressing than “the economic hardships you were born during and have seen in your short lifetime are not likely to evaporate by the time you enter the workforce”
I'm not sure it's a choice between telling them they're doomed and should quit, and misleading them (if not lying), is it?