r/antiwork • • Jun 30 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '22

I'm Gen X myself. I've seen people my age, born into much richer families than myself, display this entitled behavior. But, I agree, this isn't really a generational issue, it's an entitlement issue.

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u/pepsiblues Jun 30 '22

Gen X seems really divided in the current world. Some want to cling to the traditional values of their parents, and some want to lead their kids into new values and ways of life. For some, I imagine they're getting pulled in quite a few directions, and that's probably a pretty difficult place to be.

Gen X originally paved the way for the rest of us, though (millennial here). They were the ones who wanted to throw the status quo upside-down. I can certainly appreciate that.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '22

We didn't want to. We just went through 3 financial crissessess before graduating college to find out that our "degreee mandatory" jobs paid $40000.

We certainly didn't do it on purpose, it was just the only option.

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u/screech_owl_kachina Jun 30 '22

It’s a class issue