Gen Alpha is fucked, they're going to be against millions of people with 10 years of experience stocking shelves. And then they get to hear that they shouldn't have wasted their money going to trade school, shouldve been more responsible

  • Wmill [they/them, fae/faer]
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    4 years ago

    Had to break it to my mom that the older people at her work, think 65+ falling asleep on forklifts, aren't there because they are greedy and want more money but they can't retire. Got her to realize she won't be able to retire either because inflation will make the money she saved up useless to. Really no one will retire and we will just keep competing for scrapes soon in a gig economy.

    Revolution when please. At least I got all my family to hate the rich.

    • KiaKaha [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      because inflation will make the money she saved up useless to.

      If she has it in a fund she’ll be fine. It’ll outstrip inflation.

      • Wmill [they/them, fae/faer]
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        4 years ago

        It's a program at her work that takes like a percentage of her pay each time don't know how much but she can't put away much.

          • Wmill [they/them, fae/faer]
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            4 years ago

            There we go she some times describes it in spanish I think as an earnings account and it's conservative instead of aggressive. Point being most of the workers that retired or should retire there still have to work to survive because they don't have enough to survive on it alone.

            • KiaKaha [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              Oh yeah it’s not gonna be enough, but it won’t be wiped out by inflation because it’s in the market not (typically) as cash.

              • Wmill [they/them, fae/faer]
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                4 years ago

                Yeah you're right guess I was just be a bit doomer tbh. Saw that one polygon vid and got scared https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUKW0EsMSyQ