Gen Z are over having their work ethic questioned: ‘Most boomers don’t know what it’s like to work 40+ hours a week and still not be able to afford a house’

return2ozma@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Gen Z are over having their work ethic questioned: ‘Most boomers don’t know what it’s like to work 40+ hours a week and still not be able to afford a house’

NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Probably this, but it had been bubbling under the surface for a while.

Prehensile_cloaca @lemm.ee · 2 months ago

Of course. American prosperity fell off a cliff around 1980, so the last 40 years or so have just been inertia and grinding the middle class into dust.

Which is roughly where we are now.

NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Not true! The 90s were great! We signed NAFTA and shipped all our manufacturing jobs overseas!

Prehensile_cloaca @lemm.ee · 2 months ago

*Cue Josh Lyman parading through West Wing gloating about globalization

Gen Z are over having their work ethic questioned: ‘Most boomers don’t know what it’s like to work 40+ hours a week and still not be able to afford a house’

Gen Z are over having their work ethic questioned: ‘Most boomers don’t know what it’s like to work 40+ hours a week and still not be able to afford a house’

Gen Z are over having their work ethic questioned: ‘Most boomers don’t know what it’s like to work 40+ hours a week and still not be able to afford a house’'