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SHSS | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 It’s objectively more difficult to sustain a family on one income than it was before.

We can face that reality straight and take responsibility for our futures while also pointing out the boomer generation kinda sucks and they created much of this mess
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banjo | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Is it more difficult? Really? 

Case in point--have a friend that has a college degree that he realized was worthless--became a plumber. Owns his own business now and is very successful.

Another case in point--another friend with a finance degree--quit finance and is now a contractor and owns a business building houses--again very successful.

BOTH took a TON of work--yet both have become successful in today's world--so why can't anyone else do this?
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SHSS | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Sure and there are rich people in Africa too why can’t they all follow suit? lol 

There will always be success stories. I’m talking about the average person. Wages haven’t kept up with inflation so it is indeed harder to sustain a family on a single and even 2 incomes today than it was back then. This is not a controversial point. Kinda why we are in bitcoin
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SHSS | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The answer to fiat theft is not “well it’s not so bad. If you work super hard you can make it like my plumber friend”. The answer is to stop getting your time and money stolen by the system. Work ethic is not the root cause of the problem
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banjo | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Actually I think one of the root causes is higher education--people go to college, get a degree, and then expect to earn a decent income.

If you're a "gender studies" major are you really expecting to graduate and earn a 6 figure income? Who will pay you for that knowledge?

And frankly, all a degree gets you (in almost all cases) is a "job" working for someone else--and yes, that means you'll likely just have to "settle" for being comfortable, working in a cube farm somewhere.