Millennials are most worried about saving money, managing debt, and planning for retirement. But data shows most of them remain hopeful about their financial future.
u/Adahn5 said the reason for this optimism might lie in the support of the system. "If you read some of the philosophy behind how ideology operates, particularly from writers like Engels, Lukács, Marcuse, or Zizek, we understand that ideology isn't just in what we think or what we say, it's in the doing of it," the mod said.
"Zizek in particular has an example he likes to trot out about belief in Santa Clause. If you ask parents whether they believe or not, they'll tell you, 'No, I'm not an idiot. I'm the one who buys the presents, but I do it for the children.'"
"When you ask the children, though, you get a similar response. 'No, of course not, I'm not a dummy. I just pretend not to hurt my parents.' The extra toys probably don't hurt either."
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"Neither groups believe, but the ideology sustains itself nonetheless because both continue to act as though it does. Why do millennials and Gen Z continue going to college despite the fact that they don't believe it will guarantee them a job anymore? Why do they continue thinking that homeownership is the fastest pathway to 'building generational wealth'? It's what the system has articulated for them, and what the system allows in so far as what a single person can do in this day and age as they go through life."
The moderator of 'Lost Generation' believes "the remedy to all of this won't be found in the bosom of social democracy; not when the mechanisms that pressured it into being after the Great Depression were eliminated."
"Millennials and Gen Z seem to understand this and are seeking to build up working-class political organizations, and unions, use direct action, engage in mutual aid, and reinvest their time and efforts into community organizing. The future is uncertain, but people by and large aren't giving up."
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