Of course they're not as burned out as us; they're younger and haven't been beaten down for as long. I'm sure they'll get their time, but we need to stop this intergenerational infighting and focus on what's really important: putting everyone over 50 in camps and redistributing their wealth.
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A bit extreme
These terms like "Gen X" or "Millennials" are just as meaningful as astrological signs. In other words: They aren't.
These supposed generational differences are utter nonsense. There's no scientific research behind them. There are always people with different experiences and biographical backgrounds, but no entire generation experiences the same background.
Nope we're not doing this again. It's not like that. Were all equally fucked on average. Let's not be crabs in a bucket.
This whole Gen vs Gen bullcrap is a bourgeois distraction attempt. Don't buy into any of it. There is no Gen vs Gen, it's bourgeois vs proletariat.
GenX here. We plan to work full time until we are dead. We have no retirement savings. Get bent.
Everyone is calling out (rightfully so) the divisive bait but I think there is some interesting reason worth discussing behind this:
Some Gen Z folks used the wisdom of millennials and just said fuck it and checked out, their lives might not be great but it’s probably stress free.
Whereas for millennials, in theory having the American dream was possible, just less likely as time progressed. They are stuck with an almost sunken cost fallacy in which they have tried so hard cause they believed with enough effort they would make it. Now that they are burned out, they are faced with the dilemma of either stop trying and waste the high efforts or keep going and maybe they will get lucky.
So in conclusion, millennials having it better can backfire in some sense.
The only reason this can be even slightly true is strictly because of age. We are ALL burnt out. They will be where millennial are in just a few years. We gotta stop this gen VS gen nonsense.
Don't let the Mainstream Media incite any war but a Class War.
Gen Z may think they have it rough but millennials are the most burned-out generation
What, you think they'd report on anything useful to keep their role as the Fourth Estate? Naaah. CLICKBAIIIIIT!!
With increased demands on this specific generation of caregivers, other studies have shown that it’s in a company’s best interest to ensure millennials have the resources and benefits that they need to succeed.
That's not gonna happen. Workers must toil to make more profits for the people at the top or they will be replaced.
Fuck that. Every generation throws a hero up the pop shart.
Didn't know being mentally unwell is a competition, but bring it on
Call forth the therapists and let them do battle for our honor
I’m 42 and I’ve been burned out since 1983.
*counts on fingers*
Shit man
Millennials are more burned out because of having more time to have gotten burned out.
Compare people of same age. Get back to me about gen Z in 10 or 15 years and compare them to Millennails now.
Exactly. I'm a millennial and this is absolute bullshit. Gen Z has it way worse than we did at that age, and we already had it rough.
These generational differences simply do not exist. Societies don't work that way that everybody in a cohort has the same experiences and biographies.
Everyone is fuck this gen war bait and fuck fake journalist
Instead of the class war, fuck billionaires
Millennial here. Fuck this shit - our enemy is the ultra rich and shitstains that abuse power. Pitching generations against eachother is counterproductive.
Breaking through these made up barriers is the best thing we can do in the US right now to fight those jackasses and their tyranny.
Fuck this generation war bait.
Ok, but let’s not be divisive among generations over a common enemy.
No war but class war.
Exactly. As a millenial, my goal is to be compassionate for the next generation — not to pull the "when I was your age" card on Gen Z and Alpha.
Yup! I'm a millenial here and I'm not here to compete for the oppression Olympics.
The rich just gave themselves another tax break. I'm not here to fight my fellow people. I want to eat the rich!
I hold nothing but compassion and solidarity for those who follow.
I want things to be easier for them, not as hard or harder than they were for us.
Story:
Just had a really painful conversation with my Boomer in-laws. They refuse to see acknowledge how bad things are for us and blame us for our failure to thrive like they got to, after receiving a six-figure cash injection back in the 80s from their parents, which is all gone now with their frivolous spending.
In the US, 1950-1980 is the era of lowest wealth inequality in the countries history. The top tax rate reached 91% in that time period. It is currently around 37%. Us poors had it worse before then, and have it worse after then. They won a birth lottery. Source: Thomas Piketty's 'Capital in the 21st Century'
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Don't worry, GenZ will eventually get even more burnt out than us. They're just not there yet. We all have it rough.
I’m not even sure if this is relevant. What is relevant though: we are all burned out and instead of asking who’s the most burned out we should probably fight the cause, because that’s the same for all generations: capitalism
hear hear, it's not team sports, it's everyone's fucking life, we all share this place and this time
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Can't get a job? Just go to school!
-- Okay, I went to school. I can't get a job.
Stop being lazy, go take an in-demand field!
-- Okay, I took a degree that's in demand, I can't find a job in my field that pays enough to live.
Pick yourself up by your bootstraps. More education is always better. Do a Masters!
-- Okay I have a masters in Mecanical Engineering; an in demand skill. I will be bankrupt from loans in 2 years.
Can't pay your loans?! You gotta hunker down and do the work, join a trade!
-- Okay I took a pre-apprentiship course that plays with my degreeS and... Can't get a job without a red seal; cant get a red seal without a job...
Why are you just playing video-games all day? Why dosen't anyone want to work anymore?!?
As a millennial I give zero fucks about this generational shit with those who come after us. Gen Z and Alpha have the same shit sandwich we do, with their own special horrors we didn't grow up with. We should be working with them to make this better for all of us who come after the Boomers and Gen X.
This headline reads like "kids these days can't get off their phones" as if the Boomers who wrote it aren't sending iPhone gift cards via Facebook messenger to a Nigerian prince.
Gen-x here. I don't know about anyone else but I'm fried goddamn crispy.
Gen X are only just behind millennials according to the trash article, and Gen Z not far behind them.
Just sensationalist generational-war crap to keep us from the class war.. Standard stuff for Fortune.
“About 66% of millennials report moderate or high levels of burnout, according to a recent report from Aflac. Gen X trails closely behind with a reported burnout rate of 60%, and Gen Z follows, with a rate of 56%"
I live in California. The minimum wage is $15/hour. This is not enough to afford rent in California. The highest paying job I've ever had was $18/hour. Still not enough to afford rent in California.
I am lucky to still have my dad. When he goes, I'm probably not going to work ever again because what the fuck is the point of working 40-60 hours a week just to still be homeless?
Check out what an actual living wage is ...
And then get more pissed off at the system and how min wage is basically a political talking point pulled out of their asses...
And that's just to survive it's not for excess... Just to stay out of poverty
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We're not competing. We're all being oppressed by the wealthy. It's time to unify against this shit
This comment section gives me hope.
Good job, Lemmings, for recognizing this for what it is.
... for now.
Most burnt out so far, but it’s affecting everyone and these kids are being handed a dilapidated world.
But which generation whines the most? I'm voting boomers
Who even cares anymore. They're decrepit now and the real problem has always been the ruling class.
Fuck this whole shitting on the younger generation shit. It's bullshit and everyone knows it.
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