And the Gen Zer outs him/her/their self, lol. The same generation that would be incapable of handling the military or building a highway or doing anything remotely difficult. The same Gen Zer who likely went $100,000 into debt studying psychology but expects the government to forgive all of it.
There’s nothing easy about the military life. This guy simply pointed out an example of how he gave up eight years of his life (for a service that should probably be mandatory of all young Americans imo) and had to start over with a massive pay cut in the civilian sector, all the while he and his wife sucked it up, obtained more meaningful education, worked hard (while not just being able to leave a pouring coffee job at work), and is now, finally, in a better situation in life.
It amazes me the degree to which young, liberal people expect everything for free without conditions and want to denigrate the very fruits of capitalism that eventually allow them the lives they want for themselves if only they’re willing to put the time and sweat equity in. I remember when my wife and I were starting out, she a newly minted lawyer who graduated very top of her class but took a “Starbucks wage” to start and me still in school. We wanted to buy a small townhome, but we couldn’t qualify for a loan, you know, like many young people today. So, we grinded, had probably $400,000 in loans in today’s dollars between the two of us, but we never asked for a handout, we grinded and we “overcame” all of life’s obstacles without the narcissistic preoccupation of today’s youth of all things being oppressive. We never made ourselves out to be victims. We never expected anyone to forgive our loans.
Heck, I’ve created jobs. With all of its attendant bureaucratic constipation and having to cope with the likes of ingrates such as yourself. Have you risked your own capital to do something meaningful??? Have you ever started a business or created a job??? Of course not, and you have absolutely no idea just how hard that is today with all of the onerous regulation.
Most importantly, we raised our kids the same way. Faith, family, work hard, get educated, no excuses. Work during school and/or do so well that you get a significant merit scholarship, which they did. This is what society is lacking. This is the corrosion of America, the lack of committed families, a sense of a higher purpose, not having an envious entitled attitude, and grabbing life by the balls.
Workers have more rights than they’ve ever had in American society ever before. People are richer on a relative scale than at anytime in history. If you don’t like it or it’s too hard for you, then you can move to Africa or Haiti. Or Sweden! You can go drink your silly little $8 cups of coffee and read your NYT over there in the dark, cold rain and commiserate with your fellow pseudo-socialists, just like Seattle. Without the homelessness, drug-infested streets of a Seattle of course but with far more migrant lack of assimilation problems. Just stay away from the Christmas markets.
Imagine, a company will give you an entry level job with your purple hair, multiple nose rings, and tatted out arms and necks at $20s/hour schlepping drinks, robust health insurance, funds for school, and a career path that can lead to regional manager or franchisee for the 3% of employees who really want to go that route. But it’s not enough. They should be making six figures, entry level. GTFO. This is why I don’t drink Starbucks. No way am I going to subsidize you entitled, clueless fools who have yet to pay any meaningful taxes or risk your own capital investing in a business or in others.