Current Events > In your opinion, what do you think is why people struggle these days?

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Be brutally honest, say exactly what you think it is. Whether you think it's the pandemic at the moment or how the system is unfair etc, etc..

What do you think is why most people struggle these days?

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I feel like it's a combination of inflation, overproductivity without a compariable increase in wage, and increased housing costs. I feel like in the 50s, a middle class family could be supported by 1 salary while the wife stayed at their owned home with the kids. Now, it feels like you need both parents working just to keep up and their job culture demands more of their time without an increase in salary.

But I'm just a gamefaqs poster spewing whatever from my armchair lol >_>

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People are lazy, ungrateful, unappreciated, greedy, lover of evil, live in lust, beta, never own up to their own problems, and they believe the world owes them everything
Your entitled to shit.
Deal with it.

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Thats a very broad question for a very complex issue, but overall I would say its lack of safety net and government support and stagnant wage growth.

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The system wasn't designed for everyone to succeed, and a growing population competing for the finite resources that define wealth and success are doomed to struggle

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Wealth hoarding

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Big_Nabendu posted...

People are lazy, ungrateful, unappreciated, greedy, lover of evil, live in lust, beta, never own up to their own problems, and they believe the world owes them everything
Your entitled to shit.
Deal with it.

That sounds very narrow minded and generic and doesn't address much except for maybe some of middle Americas issues kinda.

What about the east and the west coast? They obviously have a lot more struggle even for very many with important PhDs.

What then?

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Be they systematic, individual or whatever theres always going to be people suffering in life due to a endless number of reasons.

The closest we ever came was during the 50-60s but the boomers gen raised that ladder and then burned it via social security.

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1. Being born into a bad situation. This includes not having the resources to succeed, and not having the the right parents to guide you.

2. Not doing the work yourself to succeed. You can crawl your way out of 1, and you can screw up your way out of 1. Your parents are still factor number 1, but your individual work and attitude can change things. Unfortunately, parenting can affect your mindset as far as grinding your way up as well.

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Just confusion

Whether its to do this or that, just some fear of missing out or losing best interests at some kind of level not acceptable

Whats wrong vs what is right is a forever question that gets much more confusing when you introduce current events


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piUrsEitanizm posted...

Be brutally honest

I mean, you already nailed it with these three words.

People are fake as fuck, and they will only say things that they think others want to hear out of fear of being ostracized. That's that weak-minded mentality that prevents them from being a complete person. If you passionately believe in your beliefs, cool. Just make sure it comes from the heart.

Me, well I don't have that problem, and it feels sooooooo good being at peace with myself because of it. You know how many problems I've avoided for myself saying yes and no or not going along with the bullshit being shoved down our throats, by the crap that you read online or see on tv?

Try it.


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Nihilism

The existential horror of not knowing why we, or anything, exists at all. Nor being able to work out whether such knowledge is even attainable. Thus we have all sorts of religious ideas being propagated as different theories attempting to cope with this apparent meaninglessness.
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• cost of living, housing, etc keeps increasing yet wages are mostly stagnant. as neon said, the middle class lifestyle is becoming increasingly more and more unaffordable for the average person
• breakdown in the sense of group identity for the general public. there arent really any strong society expectations for being a man, woman, parent, heterosexual, christian, etc. not saying this is a bad thing but i can tell having to create your own identity stresses a lot of ppl out
• increased focus on work - across the board, you are expected to work more hours, integrate work into your life more, & have some deep psychological connection to your job (it is your passion, not just a paycheck)

so you put this all together & you have a lot of young people struggling for direction & meaning and all society does for them is overworks them and then rips them off for working hard

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40 years of neoliberal bullshit.

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I think because of the lack of legal drug options

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Struggling isn't inherently bad. Some like the challenge of struggling and overcoming obstacles. If I simply had everything I wanted and didn't have to ever try at anything possibly insurmountable I'd be very bored.

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the legendary sword itself

Well, I think at large it's because we gave up on the bottom up style economy and are suffering the vast extra growth we'd have in the career world because more people could afford many different services and things in life that would keep the economy thriving..

While many can still get a degree and a job, I'd say that the real reason why thats still as possible as it is, is more due to the struggle to get a higher education be it financially and or because of those who were not cut out for a higher education.

To me that proves not only that the economy would have been far better if it kept the old bottom up style economy rather than trickle down, but that most likely not that many people are actually lazy but that maybe a large chunk of those who appear lazy are really rather depressed and find the task of achieving success as too daunting for them.

But yeah, I believe most things would not have became that way if we had instead chosen to keep a bottom up economy.

I blame greed.

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a 1 bedroom apartment costs $1300 here. not even in a city

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In just the past 15 years, there have been not one but two "black swan" recessions, and if you go back another 5 years, you hit 9/11, and a few more gets you to a major subversion of American democracy(which also happened 5 years ago).
This isn't just the same old systemic problems, it feels as though the system itself is breaking down, and our elders by and large insist everything is fine while we choke on the toxic fumes of runaway inflation of the price of college, rent, property, etc. as relative wages remain roughly equal in dollars to what they were 40 years ago. All this while global warming is taking off like a rocket.

The system is failing. The only question is whether we do something about it before or after it really breaks down. 1/6 should have been a wake-up call insofar as how close we came to a fundamental breakdown.

There's not enough education to inform people they can be more

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Capitalism, the class system and the education system.

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piUrsEitanizm posted...

Well, I think at large it's because we gave up on the bottom up style economy and are suffering the vast extra growth we'd have in the career world because more people could afford many different services and things in life that would keep the economy thriving..

While many can still get a degree and a job, I'd say that the real reason why thats still as possible as it is, is more due to the struggle to get a higher education be it financially and or because of those who were not cut out for a higher education.

To me that proves not only that the economy would have been far better if it kept the old bottom up style economy rather than trickle down, but that most likely not that many people are actually lazy but that maybe a large chunk of those who appear lazy are really rather depressed and find the task of achieving success as too daunting for them.

But yeah, I believe most things would not have became that way if we had instead chosen to keep a bottom up economy.

I blame greed.

America is hardly lacking in consumerism. Adding to it means little if the jobs are in China. You scrape the problem but still miss it.

On the employer side, they've gotten entitled. It's less about money than in expecting ideal employees for little effort. 4 out of 5 jobs aren't even markets outside a company, and what's left makes any excuse to not take employees without positive attitudes and a strong focus on people skills. That leaves introverts (half the population) depressed people, disabled, and more at a strong disadvantage for any job that isn't begging for anyone for minimum wage. Instead of creating jobs to find those personalities, or at least trying to train and mold us into what they want, the expectation is that we just spontaneously morph into what they want. Thus the labor market is a lot of square pegs trying to be forced into round holes.

The employee side has its own entitlement issues. They think they're entitled to the cost benefits made by automating their jobs, not that we kind of sent as many people to post secondary as possible to get jobs in fields that require higher education, not fight for who gets paid to serve burgers or stand over automated processes. Granted, that was probably going to be a failed plan in the long run, but I think we've honestly lost the ambition to be anything more than the least we have to be. And yes, that's because of that world that seems to give us a single path to success and little respect for what others can bring, and we're kind of leaning into it. I see plenty of people wanting to just stay home, making promises of what they could achieve, rather than ask for the chance to show what they can achieve.

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Developers releasing incomplete games for full price and charging you for the DLC


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Aliens

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All of the smartest and most elite of society are too busy posting on CE to solve the world's problems.

Not enough sunlight, not enough exercise, not enough community

People's hormones are all kinds of messed up

Capitalism

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You're going to have to explain what you mean by "these days" considering the average person has never had it better than they do now.

0) To struggle and want more is the human condition, things overall are better than they have ever been, last 15 months not withstanding.
1) Unrealistic expectations. Too many average / below average people think they are really special and that life will be handed to them on a silver platter.
2) Lack of basic financial literacy. No one should graduate HS not knowing what compound interest is, how much various colleges cost, what various jobs actually pay, and what student loans mean.
3) Work ethic isn't taught. Our schools teach the kids the scores on the assignment are more important than the work that goes into it.
4) Lack of IRL local communities. People are less engaged in their local community than ever before.
5) Lack of full time stay at home parents during a child's formative years.

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