[seydor]

Kids don't really realize those concerns. However that's the reason why adults have stop caring as well.

Seriously what's the point of even having a national identity if you are a renter in your own country.

Housing is the biggest crisis that no government truly wants to fix

[fransje26]

> Kids don't really realize those concerns.

You often see that argument being made that the youngest generation has lost hope and has so many mental issues because the "system is broken".

Yet, as you rightly point out, kids don't really realize those concerns. I mean, being able to afford a house or a car was the least of my concerns at that age, and I can't really see why this would have changed for the next generation.

So I'm genuinely intrigued: what could be the underlying cause(s) of that feeling of hopelessness?

[entropi]

>So I'm genuinely intrigued: what could be the underlying cause(s) of that feeling of hopelessness?

As another commenter pointed out, the teenagers are already well aware of the world around them. But for the kids, the point stands.

Maybe it has something to do with the other adults' attitude? When I was a child, my parents were poor and I was a rather bright one. I distinctly remember adults around me viewing education as a ticket to a better life. Nowadays, it feels like this is not really the case. Maybe the children don't understand what is going on, but maybe they do understand what adults/teenagers around them feel?

[rfwhyte]

Kids DO realize those concerns though. It may not be at the same conscious, rational level as an adult, but they absolutely recognize that they are living in a broken world and being forced to play a rigged game.

[kurofune]

I disagree. They are well aware of these issues as teenagers, especially now that they are affecting their parents' lives.