why is gold going up and bitcoin not? allow me to scream at you in my empty closet, bitcoin.
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It's the individual that is responsible for their debt.
yes. but also the govt underwriting inflated loans on bullshit degrees for unqualified borrowers is predatory.
No one made them go to college. They signed the loan.
if you can pause the personal responsibility rhetoric for a moment and attempt *shutters* empathy, consider that the entire society, education system, and oftentimes parents strongly push kids into this “go to college or you’re a failure” direction their entire life.
I remember the feeling well. I took responsibility and dropped out a year in. I never said it was easy.
I'm sorry I push back. I just think there can be no free society without massive implication of individual responsibility.
I can have empathy and also realize who's fault it actually is. I empathize with drug addicts. But I don't pretend to think it's someone else fault they decided to do drugs. No one gets better that way.
the entire society, education system, and parents don’t drill into the youth’s head they must become drug addicts to succeed though.
anyway im tired of playing devils advocate. im very big on personal responsibility and manage my own life with extreme responsibility. but i get tired of the whole boomer bootstrap bullshit because the fact of the matter is an entire generation has been sold up a river and setup for failure. humans require nurture, they come out half formed and are shaped by their surroundings. some of us figured out the scam, most didn’t.
its brutal.
my early 20s nephew has been passing through the “is this it?” valley.
This is it. You're on your own now!
i don’t know how the kids entering the workforce today are making it. id assume the compounding inflation from the past 5 years alone makes an apartment unattainable for most.
i barely scraped by when I was ~20, in the post GFC era working my ass off.
They're not. But they aren't doing themselves any favors either. Most are wallowing in self pity. I also have a cousin in his early 20s. Gotta degree but as far as a career goes he's still completely directionless. Living in Philly on an apartment just doing gig work. But he's not motivated to do anything great. He's just floating along wallowing in debt while his mom fronts his bills. I agree the world is not easy for them, but they are extremely entitled and won't settle for a practical job or career unless it's what they want. When I was in my early 20s I didn't get to do what I wanted either but I worked my ass off in retail while I hones other skills in my free time. They just spend their free time on leisure. Fiat mindset.
> When I was in my early 20s I didn't get to do what I wanted either but I worked my ass off in retail while I hones other skills in my free time.
same here. you’re entitled to nothing. gotta go out and get it.
i think they first need compassion as they truthfully face the situation they are in, and some of it, perhaps alot of it, is not their fault. that is a painful awakening. and then, they need to hear the truth. YOU have to get off your ass, and start putting one foot in front of the other. cry, be mad, all that. but take a step in a direction. then another
