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[moniss]

24. Best economy in over 60 years wasn't

good enough for them apparently. The problem I have had with many younger people is their lack of understanding of what came before. So many seem to want things to be "perfect" for them as in "good career, good pay, big house, good schools, good child-care, good transportation, obsessive sports fandom, lots of travel and vacation etc." and if they don't have that then they resort to the equivalent of a child throwing a tantrum and tearing at their surroundings.

Not all mind you but an alarming number to be sure. I blame the "consumption culture" and advertising for a good deal of it by inundating people with this constant barrage of presenting "happiness and success" as being the things I mentioned above. Pavlov redux. Yes there are other reasons too but I talk to so many and read their stories and I want to scream.

So many have no idea of how the past 60 years have been with so many losing jobs, losing houses, never having a vacation, constantly trying to "pick ourselves back up" etc. Also so many have no idea of what came before the 1960's when people worked an entire lifetime for the dream of having enough down-payment to even buy a modest house and that meant working multiple jobs, putting in incredibly long hours and foregoing things like new clothes etc.

Pisses me off to no end when people have the attitude of "I got my education so now things should all come my way."