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Information Overloader
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: NW Lower Michigan
Posts: 29,992
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There should be made the distinction between the millennials' entitlement mentality and the futility they see in hard work.
Images of enormous wealth and success are everywhere these days, probably owing to social media but that is another issue. Millennials see what they have come to believe is impossible for them. And they are correct. So they reject the cliche that says working hard will set you free. There seems to be a growing number of people being completely satisfied with driving a crappy car, living in a so-so home and no fancy clothes or restaurants.
So long as they have their phones, their movies and wi-if they're satisfied. Telling the man to take his low-pay job and shove it may not be entitlement, it may be defeat-which they're fine with.
I've heard more than once (and several times here) that the more competent and hard-working you are, the more likely you will get dumped on by the boss. It's true.
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