I'm not sure where I read this, but a quote that really resonates with me as a millennial who went out and found / fought for nearly all their opportunities "I love being a millennial, because it's so easy to be better than most of my generation".
I know some people who have followed their dreams and it has led them straight into the poor house doing years of unpaid internships all for a job that is rare, but still only one or two steps above minimum wage.
But I do think there's an attitude and professionalism problem. The term "funemployed", the way beards, tattoos, and casual drug use are coming back in style. The oversharing. And the fact that somehow the generation that grew up with computers still has way too many people on the wrong side of the digital divide.
I’m all for meritocracy. But only if the game is fair.
Yes, we have some issues we need to sort out - NIMBYs and zoning laws tamping down on new housing supply in cities, and a broken healthcare market are the largest ones. But it's dangerous to forget that the system we have is overall overwhelmingly better for most people than what came before the 1900s, let alone before the 1400s.
Your generation is not pathetic. Your generation has had the deck well stacked against you economically before you were born.
Good luck blaming others for your problems...
Poor you.