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Well that's what happens when everything is 2x as expensive as it used to be.



Millennials have been complaining about this for a while now and we’ve been called lazy.

Now it’s Gen Z being lazy.

Crazy how every generation that didn’t get a fair opportunity to live a relatively normal life off normal income is considered “lazy” by the superiors



Young people have most or all of their net worth in cash because they aren't worth much yet, and you need cash to pay for things. They are also more dependent on their job, which pays them in dollars, because they will run out of money quickly without one.

Given all that, it baffles me that young people don't identify the economy and inflation specifically as the most important political issue. They're always complaining about stuff that people tell them to care about, not things that materially affect their ability to sustain themselves.


That would only make sense if they had a lot of net worth which is clearly not the case. If they have $400 in their checking account and a ton of student loans or other debt inflation is actually great for them.




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