On: Net worth of Americans aged 18 to 35 has dropped 34 percent since 1996: study

[narnianal]

On one side it's depressing, but on the other side it's not as harsh as media wants us to believe in recent years. -30% is not "one house and 2 cars less than the parents", as many articles claimed over at least 2018.

[pojzon → narnianal]

It just shows how extremely hardworking those young people are. Its effectively harder to earn good money now than 25 years ago.

And thats after two major economy collapses.

Despite all odds against them, they dont give up, yet still get shorter stick.

[JimiofEden → pojzon]

And the media rails on them nonstop for no particular good reason other than 'That darn younger generation!'