Whoa. Do you honestly think people younger than you don't work hard? I've got like three different jobs I've got to work just to make rent and sometimes eat.
Has no one remembered,
https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/poor-millenn...
The entire point of the above comment and the article, they're not working hard because the millennials and those who have worked hard are still struggling and cannot make rent making three jobs. So there is seemingly no point. In the past, you put extra effort in university to get a well-paying job and your job to get a promotion; now there are people with Master's degrees who work in McDonald's and it seems like promotions only go to relatives.
You can run at 5k pace to finish a 5k, but you cannot run at 5k pace for an indefinite amount of time. Similarly, younger generations would push themselves harder if they believe it would make their future lives easier, but they don't.
Did you mean to miss a complete generation?
> Similarly, younger generations would push themselves harder if they believe it would make their future lives easier, but they don't.
Where in the world are you getting this idea? I'm working as hard as I can. It just doesn't go very far. Look at the rise of housing prices and inflation. Look at interest rates. I can't even tread water, and to think it's any different is looking at a place of privilege I do not enjoy, and I'm calling you out on it.
What am I supposed to be looking at? Is there any statistic you're referring to in particular?
>and the sentiment on r/antiwork
r/antiwork's population is self selected to be... antiwork. Extrapolating the beliefs of that population to the whole country makes zero sense.
I'm saying there is less reason to work hard for many young people. I'm not talking about poor people. I'm talking about young people with jobs who are comfortable but see no reason to really buckle down and sacrifice when there is no reward and no upward mobility. If you can't afford a house and kids, then what's the point of going the extra mile (increase productivity)?
There's just so "hard" one can work. The same amount of work is garnering less money: full stop. It's certainly not about "Well why work any harder?" It's that what you have is absolutely out of reach, no matter how hard you work.