Who’s really to blame? The answer is more complicated
Came across this ……………….curious about your thoughts on this.
https://www.renegadetribune.com/the-death-of-the-american-dream-how-the-economy-was-ruined-for-a-whole-generation/Jeffrey
Yes. I came across that same chart. It is sobering and revealing.
Here’s my take on this. I’m a first year Gen Xer. I see both sides of this false binary that pits boomers against Gen Zrs, so to speak. I observe how society has changed drastically for the worse over the past 50 years, since I was a child. The differences between what a family means today versus what a family meant in the early 70s is vast.
Hardwired traditions must be broken
There are reasons why the media labors so vigorously about upending the patriarchal family unit. Traditions must be broken, especially hardwired traditions. There is a need to get the father out of home. The intact household where children honor their parents and especially their father seems to be a dying concept.
What the younger folk have been taught and shown just doesn’t work. Society is now much more weak and fractured. This was done on purpose with malice aforethought.
The chicken or the egg; The banking system mirrors society and society mirrors the banking system.
You and I can articulate all of the drastic changes to the banking and monetary system post World War II, and how the young folk are behind the 8-ball, but ultimately what undermines the younger generations are the personal choices they make.
Ultimately, the fault of all this rests with the man who stares at him in the mirror.
Of course, it is a lot tougher to buy a home, raise children, and afford the fineries that we took for granted in the 60s and 70s, but the media and society have been crafted to emphasize self-indulgence and aspirational lifestyle, and over-consumption, versus practicality and frugality.
Where’s Dad?
I look at the current crop of youngsters from secondary schooling and those coming out of college and up until 30 or so, and I can declare flat out that they don’t have what it takes like the older generations. Their heads are not screwed on straight.
There’s something wrong. Of course, it was bred into them and they’ll have no idea what I’m talking about. But I cannot emphasize to my readers how important the father is in a household, especially having a father who also had a father in his household. For they don’t have a longer time frame perspective to even know what is wrong.
Society and the banking system
We can say that I’m putting the cart in front of the horse, so to speak, but society in general feeds off what they are exposed to. Thus, they are reacting to the ramifications and results of the banking and financial system in a toxic way. Younger folk are more egosyntonic with regards to what I would consider self-destructive behavior.
What’s worse is that this self-destructive behavior feeds and builds the banking and monetary systems. It is a self-generating loop. The more self-indulgent and hedonistic the population becomes, the stronger and mightier the banking system becomes. And we wonder why Moses lamented when the Israelites wanted to go back to Egypt.
If I were raising children today, my wife would stay home or I would move to an area in which we could afford more easily and the children would be homeschooled. I wouldn’t send them to a public school, or even a private school, to be indoctrinated in the fiction. The deception starts at a very young age.
Here’s the upshot about buying a home. It may cost a lot, but prices keep rising. In a few years, a young homeowner will probably have six figures in equity. These younger folk need to readjust their mindsets and stop sleeping around.
Their lives mirror that of the protagonists of their favorite romcom or action movies. This toxic self-feeding social-proof loop is reaffirmed through their social media addiction. Their houses are built on shifting sand. Their dreams, hopes, and aspirations were injected into their lives from the top down. They are probably living out some fantasy that was crafted from DARPA.
The residue of a childhood from long ago
I can afford to own a portfolio of rental properties, because I do so much of the work on my own. Where did I learn this skill set? I have to admit a lot of it has to do with watching my father work. He saved tons of money when I was younger by fixing our cars and doing the necessary work at home. He was always there and I learned so much from him. I never saw him drunk, yell at my mother, nor look at another woman. I always wondered what life would be like if I grew up in a divorced household. I shudder the thought.
Where did my father learn what he knew? He learned a lot from my grandfather, who behaved the same way. Both have long since passed on, with my dad passing in 2008. But his residue is as fresh today as it was when I was a child. Yes, I still miss both of them. If either were alive today, I would show nothing but deep gratitude. I took it all for granted, too.
I sound more like Alan Watt, who has since passed on, than someone like Catherine Austin Fitts. I don’t look at the banking system in a sterile environment. The reason why the banking system has gotten to this point is because of the population in general. The population now is effectively a nation of degenerates. We need to get used to this.
The asset owners profit off of this degeneracy. It is just vitally important that we don’t live like the degenerates.