re: Great video by Tucker *trigger warning for Boomers

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This is a deep and complex issue.

Many of us GenX had to work for 15 or 20 or 30 years to get to the point where we were finally blanketed in some modicum of comfort. We made sacrifices early and often. We drove beaters and often existed off of Ramen noodles for sustenance. We did without internet, cable and satellite TV. We bargain shopped for clothes.

Beginning with mid-millennials and now with GenZ, the expectation leveled upon them by the Narrative Control Apparatus and the Establishment pop culture advertising industrial complex, is much higher. They've been programmed to think that either straight out of high school or college, they must have the latest cars, the newest iPhones, expensive media subscriptions, Lululemon workout clothes, Louie Vitton apparel and be able to treat themselves to $40 lunch breaks every day.

They're expecting, right out of the gate, to just receive all the things that the rest of us have worked our whole lives to obtain.

Now I do recognize that their cost of living is much higher than ours was starting off, but they just need to recognize that nothing good is free, and nothing free is good. We must sacrifice things to get ahead in the long run. But it's too easy for the narrative control apparatus to whip their young ideological sheep into an emotional tizzy about how "unfair" it is that previous generations have more than they do.

And nearly all of them grew up not wanting for anything, which is a big part of the problem. I grew up so poor that our cockroaches ate better than I did, and always heard the whisperings of "he'll never amount to anything" and "he's poor white trash" and "we'll pay for his welfare for his entire life". Yeah? From the time I turned 17 and began working, I never took a government handout and never even applied for any assistance. I worked, hard. And now I'm pushing 50 and borderline upper-middle class statistically. I had to work my arse off for it and no one EVER handed me ANYTHING.

The younger struggling generations need to engage in introspect and step outside of their bubble to look back in. This world will fricking chew you up and spit you out if you let it, or you can kick, punch and claw your way along and eventually make it if you just stay motivated. The internet age of instant results and gratification, along with the age of psyops and emotional manipulation and gaslighting, has all but ruined these people.

/rant.

TL/DR:

If you're working and broke, look at whatever sacrifices you can make, and ask yourself what you can do to improve your monetary gain in today's competitive market. Stop complaining about not having what you haven't earned yet.

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It's simple,

People don't actually understand the pitfalls of a white color, consumer culture.

We are a consumer culture, and it's destructive.

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We are a consumer culture, and it's destructive.

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We are a consumer culture, and it's destructive.

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I'm guilty of being a consumer. But everything I procure is for potential benefit in the future. Maybe I'll need it all and maybe I won't. But I'd rather have and not need, than need and not have.

We all consume something, and I don't necessarily find it to be "destructive" if done in moderation and responsibly like anything else. I find the issue to be impulsive buying and/or irresponsible spending.

Doesn't trigger me. My wife had nothing and built everything we have by working hard and not really depending on anyone for anything. Not sure why you all are so opposed to working for what you have.