I don’t understand the point of these posts - at this point we all understand that the economy has changed in the last 60+ years and even changed dramatically in 2000, 2008, and 2019 in rapid succession.
I’ve seen a lot of danger in belaboring these sorts of point, often sowing the seeds of hopelessness, generational dissent (which ultimately isn’t productive), and it never seems to come with a meaningful call to action or what better advice would be.
Which is concerning given the rising rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide attempts in younger generations vs previous.
The first mistake is believing every post has a point to make and an agenda to push.
Sometimes it's just regular people getting tired and frustrated and blowing off steam on reddit. Oh, you're seeing these types of posts a lot? Yeah, a lot of people are tired and frustrated.
in 1980 avge income was 20k a year average house price was 50 k or your yearly income was 40% of a house now today avge income is 69k while average house price is 500k or your yearly income is 13% of a value of a house. 1980s $3,617 (18% of income) for private colleges 2026 ~$60,924 (88% of income) per year. we can repeat this with just about any good or service other than tvs. i wonder what changed in the 80s....
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u/draconicmonkey 20h ago
I don’t understand the point of these posts - at this point we all understand that the economy has changed in the last 60+ years and even changed dramatically in 2000, 2008, and 2019 in rapid succession.
I’ve seen a lot of danger in belaboring these sorts of point, often sowing the seeds of hopelessness, generational dissent (which ultimately isn’t productive), and it never seems to come with a meaningful call to action or what better advice would be.
Which is concerning given the rising rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide attempts in younger generations vs previous.