http://waitbutwhy.com/2013/09/why-generation-y-yuppies-are-unhappy.html
The self-absorption of any person is a matter of their individual experience; we cannot paint a whole generation with one stroke.
More importantly, this piece does not take into account the market collapses of the late 1980s and of course 2008. Depending on when the baby boomer parent was born and when "Lucy" was born, these two events have had a crushing effect on the lives of real people. Second, the policies in place during the post-war to 1980 were designed to promote the middle class. Those have been gone for 30 years now. So, things have really changed. Even if Lucy remains ambitious, chances are she won't end up where her parents did, and life IS harder for people when they aren't solidly middle class.
While I agree that people need to remain hard working and goal-oriented
The self-absorption of any person is a matter of their individual experience; we cannot paint a whole generation with one stroke.
More importantly, this piece does not take into account the market collapses of the late 1980s and of course 2008. Depending on when the baby boomer parent was born and when "Lucy" was born, these two events have had a crushing effect on the lives of real people. Second, the policies in place during the post-war to 1980 were designed to promote the middle class. Those have been gone for 30 years now. So, things have really changed. Even if Lucy remains ambitious, chances are she won't end up where her parents did, and life IS harder for people when they aren't solidly middle class.
While I agree that people need to remain hard working and goal-oriented
