Topic: Generation Screwed (Read 483 times)

I don't think it's all so simple as you imagine. Maybe people have pointed out that you seem to have a very americentric view. Many countries have very different situations to the one you described. Overall, I think we are living a lot better than even the previous generation. Advancements in technology are changing the world more quickly than ever. The average life expectancy is increasing almost constantly. If you are having trouble buying real estate or getting a job, maybe you should move. Many places have huge bubbles in real estate prices. For the price you could pay in one place, you may pay 10 times less in another place for the same quality home. You also have to keep in mind that one of the reason there are less jobs is because technology is replacing humans in many jobs.

We don't blame this on anyone or anything. It would be better if we work together as a community instead of doing stuff on your own without thinking about others because it will leave a ripple effect on everyone. If you only care about yourself, you'll make it difficult for the next person to cope. Adjustments need to be made, and of course, we need to differentiate our wants from our needs. I guess that's why we tend to be in debt. We want a lot of things, and we can't wait to have it, which leads us to liability.

That’s the same in my country but sometimes I think it’s not really a good idea because it makes the children overly dependent on their parents and because of this it’s hard for them to be self dependent sometimes in their lives.

I honestly think that there are so many broken relationships nowadays because people have higher standards for what they want out of relationships. Sure, our great-grandparents all stayed married 'till death did them part - but how many of those relationships were happy or even healthy?People have high standards, but they lack the skills to build those high quality relationships. We have very few examples of healthy intimate relationships. Our parents, by and large, are great examples of what we don't want out of our own relationships. Hollywood shows an ideal that is unattainable and frankly, creepy. So we find ourselves in a context where we know what we don't want, or we think we want something that is essentially unhealthy. The "rules" that 'everyone knows' have broken down - and rightly so. But that means we are all figuring out what we want and how to get it as we go along. For this approach to work the people involved need to be very mature, to know themselves well, to be able to admit mistakes, and to be able to communicate. No assumptions, no games. very few people can manage that. And that is why people are in and out of relationship sagas all round.

Well yeah i agree to that. Being responsible isn't only for those living alone. Many of us still live with our parents basically because we don't want them to grow old alone. It's not like we'll be living off their retirement pensions. Of course being responsible means you can provide for your own and your family. You can do that while taking care of your parents

Living with our parents as long as you are still single is never an issue in the country I was raised. As long as you learn to respect your elders, care for them and help them and do your part in the family, then you are okay in my opinion.

I don't know which part of the world are you talking about OP, but I've never had such problems. Never were in debt, never had a mortgage, was living without parents since I was 18. Working till we are 75 is nothing new if you are in business or self-employed. It's normal for smart people to keep working until they are physically unable to do so, but even then you still can make money on your computer. The generation has changed, but not for the worse.

The whole 'hating on the new generation' thing has been going on since at least the days of ancient Greece. Like literally have people complaining about the same things in ancient texts and such just as they do now. It seems to be a pretty common fixture of human culture.

The latest generations are screwed in the West only, and they are basically screwed in their mind, lobotomized by media and trends. But as of opportunities, hey, they have cryptocurrencies. They have internet. If they are smart and sane they can get independent and achieve unthinkable goals. If they are smart and sane.

I think every generation seems to think the new generation is more screwed up than the previous. Which is not the case they are all essentially the same, screwed up just in different ways. Until humanity can heal itself we will be repeating the same issues over and over.

So it was always. Generations in the gap of 25-30 years do not understand each other. Eventually the world is developing and the millennium generation will have more opportunities than previous generations

I wouldn't be so quick to say "almost everywhere in the World". China and India aren't in that bunch and just the two of them make up a third of the World.
Not to mention Africa.

China and India weren't really in many wars recently, but in a way they did pay their dues. They didn't get loans as western countries did, that is why they are not in debts as western countries are.

Who is to blame? That is a very philosophical question. You could say the government, for printing money to bail out banks.
You could say people for allowing it. Or you could just say greed, which got people in these debts.

I would say mistakes of previous generations is largely to blame. The government keeps creating bigger and bigger deficits, of which our generation will have to deal with someday. Not only is it harder for people of younger generations to live comfortably, but dealing with that deficit will also be a huge challenge someday. We need to take steps now to stabilize the US economy or our national debt could someday be our downfall.

Part of this does start with our generation. We need to take part in voting for leaders or even become those leaders ourselves. If we don't, we are placing our futures in the hands of those who may not even be around for it, and therefore has less of an interest in protecting it.

I think what he said applies to almost everywhere in the world aside from those that are victims of war as you’ve said. The truth, i really dont know who to blame on the present situation everyone of us is facing. In my country there are more and more people renting rooms each year, more and more graduates adding to jobless graduates of the past years. Maybe government is to be blamed? Maybe us? 

Well it depends on where you live. Opportunities still exists but it's harder to find them if you live in a rich country. One extreme example is japan. The over competitiveness is sucking the life out of them. And a lot find it hard to get a job. On the previous posts you said you tried living in different countries. You should also consider if your skill set matches the prerequisite of the opportunities available. But yes i do agree with you, still generally it is harder for millennials. We have one advantage though and that's the availability of technology. Learning has never been easier thanks to the internet, we just have to utilize it properly. We do have bigger challenges but we are more capable of equipping ourselves with the necessary tools

In one word: OVERPOPULATION.
In our parents time, there were 1,000.000 people less than now.  Besides, the life our parents achieve was based on loans. And now, we all are paying the loans.
Of course, it isn't happening worldwide, there are many different places and many different ways of life. Also, it depends on which part of your own country do you live in, for there are many differences between countryside and the big cities.
Anyway, I get your point. When our parents were in their twenties, they used to have a forty-years loan and where all this time paying for the house you grew up in. Now, this is difficult to get a stable job, and far more a house and a loan. Also, more people get to study at the university, and women are no longer seen as child-makers, so they also get to the university and so.
So, in a resume, the way of life is just changing. From my point of view, this is truly positive for people to stop having children. The planet has enough population, far more than needed, and there are still many countries in which families still have 9 sons and daughters per couple. We are already enough, so maybe this is better to travel and not being attached to anywhere, due to the global situation: opportunities can happen anywhere, so be prepared to travel and change your life for a while.

don't be such a crybaby. take manners to your own hands instead of crying about it over the internet! improve yourself and live your life to the fullest and dont worry about your generation! only worry about yourself and what YOU are doing with YOUR life!

The opportunities may be there. But comparatively there's much more risk involved for the new generations. Back in the day people could get jobs for life with a pension and support a family on a single income. While it's definitely possible for individuals to earn a lot of money, it's worse overall for the average person.

Not saying that there's any obvious solution, or that things need to go back that way though. It's just the way it's worked out.

I was thinking of living in the woods but a village is also good, I recommend you read this book Walden; or, Life in the Woods

  In talking about generation we have taking out from past and future.Right now we are in the stage millennium generation in fact most of the people influence every generation present, like right now we are engaging ourself in social media fanatics and therefore also behavior attitude will affected because of the shifting. We are in stage of changing again and be welcome the phoenix generation and called be a base computer software genenation this era is computer motivated good luck to all