We have failed an entire generation by dismissing their legitimate concerns.
Instead of addressing real economic problems, we told them to stop buying avocado toast and make coffee at home.
The Dismissal
We got here by telling young people they are stupid and lazy and should eat less avocado toast or make coffee at home instead of looking at real, valid complaints about the current economic system that exists largely in part due to skewed dynamics created to support boomers at the detriment of the younger generations.
Real Struggles
People who have to finance basic necessities and cannot pay off student loans or afford homes until they are 40 and older, rightfully feel like they have been abandoned by the economic system they are supposed to be a part of.
This is not entitlement.
This is a legitimate crisis.
Course Correction
If we do not want millennials and younger generations to continue skewing socialist, we need to take these issues seriously and course-correct so that young people have viable futures in this country.
The outcome will not be good if this continues to be ignored.
We are getting just a small glimpse into it with New York City now.
Who Got It
No one understood this problem better or spoke about it more vocally than Charlie Kirk.
Yes, I realize I have been nuanced and honest enough here to adequately anger both sides of the political spectrum, but this is real.
Conclusion
Young people have legitimate economic grievances that demand serious attention and policy changes.
Ignoring these issues will only push more people toward radical alternatives and create deeper societal fractures.
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