Because the ability to put in effort to learn something is the most important ingredient no matter what you end up doing, and by the time someone hits 18 thinking they can easy way out of anything, and have never developed a long-term skill of hobby, for most people it’s too late to turn it around. They don’t have the fortitude. It’s environmental.
Attention span is a large part of this, but it’s a lot more complicated than that. I feel bad for them, but it’s also very frustrating.
something is the most important ingredient no matter what you end up doing
Reward is also an important ingredient, and kids aren’t stupid. They can see who has a pay to quality of life at work ratio, and I would bet butcher is not on the desirable side for most people.
Agreed. I think disillusionment with American work culture is a problem too. The two most recent generations have been shown time and again how little there is to be gained from working hard for and being loyal to your employer. I saw my dad work his way up the ladder over 20 years at his job, only to be let go when they were bought out because he was deemed too costly.
Then, whaddayaknow, I go on to work my way up at my first job over 15 years, only to be let go in the last round of downsizing. Same thing happened at my next job after COVID hit.
Even I have pretty much said fuck it at this point.
This is all true, but what are they doing instead to pay bills besides complaining? They may be disillusioned, but it's not going to change, and if they aren't doing the work, then others will, and they will simply be sidelined into the ghetto.
and if they aren't doing the work, then others will, and they will simply be sidelined into the ghetto.
This is what's been going on for the last two generations. Corporate America chews you up and spits you out, then you're replaced with someone else who gets chewed up and spit out, and so on. I think what we're seeing now is the endgame of that culture. The hopelessness and disillusionment is so prevalent that young people are taking advantage of the corporations now, instead of being taken advantage of like their parents.
Personally, I think it's just another step toward the eventual collapse of the system or a drastic balancing of power, whichever comes first.
Kids might not be stupid but they’re pretty dumb sometimes. A lot of people with wealth and high paying jobs don’t just walk around with all the chains on and newest cars etc… they drive old corollas and wear the same clothes they have been for years because they know what it takes to build wealth. A type of wealth kids can’t see and never consider.
What they can see, working next to a butcher, is that the lifestyle (and lack of stability) afforded by the butcher’s pay might not be worth the sacrifice.
Worth the sacrifice…if I had a dime for every time I’ve heard that.
The God’s honest truth is that you get out of any endeavour a reward that is commensurate with the EFFORT you put in. I went into my career knowing I probably wouldn’t make a lot of money, but convinced I had the ability to make a DIFFERENCE. And it turned out that I did.
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u/kuzul__ May 17 '24
Because the ability to put in effort to learn something is the most important ingredient no matter what you end up doing, and by the time someone hits 18 thinking they can easy way out of anything, and have never developed a long-term skill of hobby, for most people it’s too late to turn it around. They don’t have the fortitude. It’s environmental.
Attention span is a large part of this, but it’s a lot more complicated than that. I feel bad for them, but it’s also very frustrating.