It keeps me thinking. When AI pushes millions out of work, welfare crumbles, and wealth piles up with the top 1%, who are these corporate parasites going to make money from? Consumer capitalism collapses when everyone is too broke to spend. Is this a system eating itself alive?
Millennials born in the 1980s and 1990s are starting to wonder what all the hard work was for.
Working full-time just to scrape by. Groceries, rent, bills, and basic necessities costing a fortune. Owning a home feeling increasingly impossible. Having little time, money, or energy left to actually enjoy life.
An entire generation was told to study hard, get a good job, work hard, save money, and build a better future.
But for so many, that future feels further away than ever.
Burnout, financial stress, and mental exhaustion have become part of everyday life.
When did simply making a living become so difficult? Surely life was supposed to be about more than working just to survive.
How many millennials feel this way?
Millennials were called lazy and entitled for wanting remote work, flexibility, and work-life balance.
Meanwhile, we’re one of the most educated and diverse generations, spent a significant portion of our adult lives earning degrees, building careers, gaining experience, and proving ourselves.
Now we’re in our 30s and 40s, burnt out, mentally and physically exhausted, underpaid, and still being told we need to work harder.