There's a reason that young millennials are indebted, un(der)employed, and poor.
11-06-2014, 11:05 AMQuote: (11-06-2014 12:16 AM)Vitriol Wrote:
A few points to keep in mind:
1. Job security is a thing of the past. I think the average private sector job lasts something like 3 years now. Good like paying off a mortgage, car loan, feeding your bastard spawn, and keeping your wifey around when there's a good chance your job won't exist in a couple of years. You have to get ready to watch it all be taken away every so often if you try to go that route.
Not sure there ever was job security other than by default. Think about it - after WW2 the US was the only major industrial country left standing - India was still a colonial backwater and China was nothing but peasants. Fast forward and the combination of technology, other countries catching up economically and Boomers taking everything for granted should have been ample warning that it was only a matter of time before economics eclipsed the concept of job security. Of course, nobody was teaching that in school - be American, buy American; USA is number one no matter what, etc.
Sure, we threw up trade barriers, formed unions, passed laws, and did all sorts of other protectionist crap but in the end all that did was buy some time. None of those measures were permanent nor could they be expected to make things more economically attractive for growth.
So, like the fat girl getting pissed off at the skinny ones getting all the attention, instead of improving itself, America jumped up and down and moaned about no job security and evil corporations. The uncomfortable truth is America took things for granted and lost its "game." Could there be parallels with the prevalent blue pill mentality and the decline of America? I suspect so.