| I find this to be more than a little disingenuous. While it is true that millennials are poorer, the reasoning isn't so cut-and-dried. I fully place the blame on the attitude of entitlement. There is the expectation that everything will be handed to anyone who just follows the pre-set path of college-->office job-->retirement, without the acknowledgement of all the behind-the-scenes effort that it takes. College is more expensive, but it's not impossible. Some non-college careers are now more profitable because of this also. No matter what some people say, just showing up is not going to cut it. You need to do your job well and advocate for yourself to get raises/promotions/opportunities. This is not to say that it's easy to get ahead. But making the "right" choices and having a little temporary discomfort or making the "wrong" choices and committing to a life of debt is pretty standard throughout history. We just have a much larger group of people with access to mass marketing tools than before, so we get to hear about it more often. |