re: Great YT video "How the US Is Destroying Young People’s Future"

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If the older posters were suddenly 18 years old today, and moving forward they made the exact same choices and decisions as they had previously, they would not be able to afford the same things when they did today, then they did previously

and that sucks

I'm not sure why that is so hard to grasp and admit

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Unfortunately self awareness is not a strength of our species, and that’s especially true when humility would be required to accurately self-assess.

With regard to the issues brought forth in the OP, I would propose less government-centric solutions. Elimination of federally-back student loans (force colleges to control cost), zoning reform (zoning regs are just weaponization of the government to protect current homeowners at the expense of everyone else), re-evaluate cost implications of energy saving building codes, and start the sunsetting process of SS so that it is eliminated by 2050. Younger voters are going to get fricked on the SS bit, but they probably would anyway eventually, so we might as well come to terms with it.