Lazy? Addicted? my daughter's experience - mini study of who we are throwing under the bus

[ArcticFox]

38. The living wage comment is right on

I think the older generations had it ingrained in them that Americans of course earn a living wage. Many more of them were able to experience such a situation.

I know my own parents, about seventy years old, don't quite grasp the full extent of the wrath that inflation has brought. They certainly never had the burden of student loans the size of a mortgage; they simply had the mortgage on an affordable home. I understand one could once pay for living and a higher education working at the grocery. There is no possibility of that anymore outside of going to school very part time.

Lately they've seemed to get it, a little at least. My 33 year old brother is in the same boat with the other young adults mentioned in this thread. This is a terrible time to be out of the workforce. Hiring is way down. At the law firm I work at, we have needed another experienced lawyer for more than a year now; instead, we're hired lawyers to do non-lawyer jobs at low wages and I get to work 20-40% more. Back in the day (less than twelve years ago), they'd have hired a practicing attorney and those low-wage lawyers would probably be practicing law somewhere.

We should all understand that the way we experience the world depends much on the world into which we were born. It is hard to notice changes where they don't affect you directly. But it seems many are becoming more aware of the suffering of others, which gives me hope things can eventually change.