El Guiri on Nostr: Reminds me of the wonderful conversation I had with a canadian boomer last week: ...

Reminds me of the wonderful conversation I had with a canadian boomer last week: "these younger generations are just too lazy, they get paid well and houses aren't that expensive, I don't know why they complain". As a younger gen X, I made the decision to try and set things a little straight for him to the great amusement of the millenial standing close by. His response was simply to go find another group of people to talk to. He really seems to perceive himself as some kind of financial guru from just riding property inflation wave. I would add though, that a lot of these things are also regionally dependent for different generations too. As a brit, I remember reading at 23 years old that anyone under 30 would not likely get a state pension, only to see my "National insurance" contributions (health system and pension) double to 10% a year later. That was fun. Literally telling us we are paying for older generations at 5% of our income additionally removed at source.