The System Is Rigged Against Gen Z and Millenials 

My mistake was instead of buying a house back in 2008, my dumbass was busy playing on the playground in 4th grade...

At 30 my mom owned houses, had her own business and 4 kids. At 30 im happy i can pay my rent this month.

i work at a mixed race & mixed income school. the difference between the poor “stupids” and the beautiful elites is wayyy more complicated than “oh, they’re just stupid.” i work with teachers who make over 100k that cannot form a full sentence, one of them is a blonde haired blue-eyed woman, the other is a brunette that comes from a very wealthy family. the kids that struggle at my school have parents who are never home because the parents are either extremely depressed, on drugs or just always working. they have to work multiple jobs to feed their children. the kids who do well, their parents are always home, always available. most of the kids that don’t do well have experienced extreme trauma like gun violence, molestation, bullying, undiagnosed neurodivergence. you think they’re gonna go to school and pay attention? they’re thinking about what happened to them last night. to say “they’re just stupid” shows a lack of information and perspective.

Choosing not to kill yourself isn't cowardice. It takes tremendous courage to know that you're going through personal hell and you're just going to keep on going. Your relatability and honesty is such a value. From a relatively new fan, I'm very glad you chose to stick around. Love your content and overall vibe.

Being poor is expensive

"People are trained to hate each other rather than the people that put them in the situation they're in." 100%

I am an accountant and using all deductions legally available my families heating and cooling company was being taxed over 65%. The majority of the tax came from local sources. Every single small town we worked in required us to buy a business license, an additional insurance policy, building permits and pay up to $500 for being properly federally licensed and having it be on record in their town. Each one would cost around $500- 1K but when you have to keep travelling for jobs it adds up to around 65K per year in just local taxes. The tax line on our income statement rivaled the cost of materials. We closed our business when we realized that the local governments were trying to strongarm us into raising our hourly labor rate and honestly the average person couldn't afford our services even though we priced low compared to the market. Its all people who sit on their butts taxing those who do actual physical labor so our response is sit in the heat and collect taxes because your AC is broken and there is no one willing to fix it for the price you can afford. The home builder we used to work for folded after we quit because they couldn't find anyone else licensed to do the installs and pull permits.

13:15 this is a weak reason. I watch my parents every day after work do the same form of thing I do, but they just watch TV for like 5 hours until they sleep. Is being terminally online and terminally watching TV any different really?

Boomers went "fuck you, I got mine" and pulled the ladder up behind them. Typical.

"Truth is, the game was rigged from the start"

no cool jobs.. no money, no security, no girlfriends, no kids, no hope.

At 34 my parents had 3 kids . At 34 I manage to maxed my osrs account lol

"You'll own nothing and be happy" All of this is intentional, we're being governed by ideologues.

The difference is there isn’t opportunity, community, or mentors. Everyone is exhausted and isolated.

School was only a place to suffer abuse since I was 6 years old. I was bullied by both students and teachers. Many teachers in fact. I still remember their names and their faces. I was a "gifted" student in an accelerated program until 8th grade. This is when I started to make myself throw up so I didn't have to be at school. I also just slept all day in class so I could escape. Not one teacher asked about this behavior, they just liked to punish me and humiliate me in front of everyone to fuel further abuse from students. At some point the school psychologist picked up on it and I said I was having thoughts of dying. So he called my parents and they brought me to therapy for 3 months. Nothing came of that and I was depressed for the next 15 years, developing a form of avoidant personality disorder, tried to hurt myself several times leading to hospitalizations. I eventually graduated high school 1 year late, but continued to drop out of college 3 times due to mental issues. Now I am trying to go back the 4th time at 27 years old, but I live in an apartment and basically have to work 50 hours a week to survive, with all of the high taxes and inflation. I stopped taking meds due to lack of insurance, but they never even helped me anyways. I am seeing a therapist who agreed to see me for free every 2 weeks, but it really doesn't help at all. I am barely going to have enough time to go to school so I might have to go into debt. Doesn't seem like there is a point to any of this. I've never been happy.

It’s like all these big institutions are keeping us stun locked and they have no cooldowns.

The cost of living and inflation has been rising for decades nonstop and they expect people not to say or do anything about it.

A lot of young people aren't dating because how can you think about dating when you are worried about how you're going to eat and make rent. Survival is what's on people's minds.

Wild thought, but have American people considered banning foreigners who DON’T EVEN LIVE in the US from purchasing property?

Your taxes don't fund the government. You pay taxes to continue the facade that you fund them. They fund themselves through treasury bonds.

american dream is dead, middle class is obliterated.

Boomers are the first generation ever to care more about their retirement than future generations.

My mom: it is because ppl like us won't retire, so young folks like you are not getting jobs/promotions.

"They're just farming money, its crazy." -Twitch Streamer

I did everything right growing up. Made straight A's, paid attention in class, acted polite, and listened to my superiors. Now I make $15 an hour in a warehouse job, never had a gf, no friends, and no future. I'm also autistic. Life ain't fair man

School isn't meant to teach you how to live a successful and fulfilling life. It teaches you how to be a good low level employee or military member

The amount of time i spent learning long division and being told i won’t always have a calculator really paid off. 20 years later i never once used long division for anything and have a computer in my pocket all day long for calculations

6:09 In Portland, OR when I moved there in 1999, the fast food jobs is where teenagers started their working lives. Within 5 years, it was middle aged Mexicans that held all those jobs. I swear to God, I saw that happening. My little brother was working at Carl’s Jr but had to work in the front end bc the middle aged mexicans couldn’t speak english to take orders. My brother learned all the food words in Spanish. He had to. I can’t even imagine what it’s like there now with the immigration numbers the way they are now. My first job was Burger King, and tho I fucked off, I learned my hard-working skills there (thank God there were peers that were great workers for me to learn from tho))

Banks don't want normal people knowing how interest rates work.

my parents literally bought a brand new house in 1991 at 22, I'm paying 45% more than they did a month, in rent, something ill never own

Imagine being ok with giving the government half your wages.

The undeniable fact of victory is that someone or something has to lose.

The meme still checks out: Young adult: What are taxes and how do I pay them? School: THE MITOCHONDRIA IS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL

My question is, im 34 years old and will 100% not be able to collect social security. So why the hell do they keep taking it out my check!

Life is 100% more easy for good looking ppl

Very informative. Thanks for the video. Appreciated your vulnerability on ‘weakness’ and talking about your teeth story etc. thanks man

I've seen women insulted by TV personalities for wanting to be a stay-at-home mom.

It's by design boys, WEF loves this type of shit

A lot of trade jobs are still paying at 90's rates as the cost of living hasnt sky rocketed since then

Holy crap, dude I love watching your videos. They are helping me get a better perspective of all the bullshit going on around us. I really appreciate you man. Keep it up

Average income in 1980 was 21k. Now it’s 57k. 1980 rent was 17.6% of income, now it’s 38.7% of income. 1980 average home price was 47,200, now it’s 416,100. A home was 2.25 years of salary. Now it’s 7.3 years of salary.

The education system is there to teach you how to be an employee

The reason why society is moving in this direction is because the people that make the rules are not being held accountable. They bend the rules to their benefit.

28:27 Agree. People say “well, it’s the parents’ job to teach the kids about money and financial literacy etc….” But there are kids that have parents that don’t know that stuff themselves. They’ll spend their last $5 on soda and stuff like that. I lived that myself as a kid. And also, you could say the same about math and english, who’s to say what is school vs parents’ job when we should be focused on training well-rounded adults in the world instead of the beaurocracy of Common Core and other cicriculum. We def lost the script on that

I just turned 40. At my age my parents owned their own house, both had high paying jobs (for the time.) And we as a family could afford yearly vacations. I bust my ass and my wife and I cannot afford a house, we cannot afford an emergency over $400. There is a saying - 20 years ago you could work at a gas station and at the very least rent a house. Now, you have to own the gas station to RENT the house.

The reason children aren’t being taught how taxes work or how interest rates work, is because people who know how these things work don’t make you enough money.

More of this plz mate. You get folks thinking, even if they challenge a point in the moment. Well done sir. Well said.

Yup it's gonna get worse, and then it's gonna get *worse*.

The worst bosses I've had were all pretty low on intelligence, so they acted like bullies and know it alls.

Funny thing about Education... The moment I left school for good is the moment I started learning things at all.

I grew up poor, and had a lot of trouble finding a good paying job even after I got a CDL. Finally did in 2022…and then everything rose astronomically in price. It’s hopeless lol

Dudes are speaking facts here. Pennies and nickels look like quarters when you don't have a dollar to your name.

Im the main breadwinner for my landlord's family! Boomers had EVERYTHING handed to them by the Greatest Generation and then pulled the ladders up behind them.

I like how young people have to "discover" how credit works instead of being prepared for one of the most important parts of our economic system. Our schools suck so bad.

As a middle-class Filipino (which middle-class' population is more than half of Philippines' total population), I'm so sad that we (almost) reached the point that inflation like this went to far to not owning the house. And my condolences to other countries where there's little to no middle classes

Concerning the "My kid can do Algebra but doesn't understand credit card interest." Its a problem due to public schools no longer teaching Home-Ec. That was literally the "How to Adult" class he is talking about! I had Home-Ec in my high school when I was a teenager in 2001. We learned how to cook, how to clean, and how to calculate interest / balance a home budget. Everyone always called it the "class where you get to eat hamburgers and cake," but there were tests given and lessons taught about running household finances. Public schools don't get funding for this kind of class anymore and without Home-Ec, kids are stuck learning from their over-worked and exhausted parents. I have a cousin who just graduated High School and she literally cannot cook her own food. At all. Anything more complex than Microwave burritos scares her. This young girl is about to leave to college and live on her own. How the hell is she going to take care of herself without knowing how to cook her own meals? What happens when she has to pay her bills for the first time???

"Just because I'm paranoid, that does not automatically make me wrong."

I wouldn't say woman are "choosing" careers. A dual income household is a necessity and has been for quite some time. A single income household is extremely rare today.

I learned budgeting in consumer science (home ec) in 7th grade. Had one person in my class who complained to the teacher that they’d never use that skill because they had a calculator. Another kid, who sat at my table murdered his girlfriends mom 5 years later

There's no such thing as a social contract, just old people shitting on the young and saying "you can shit on the young when you're old".

I'm a highschool teacher and the point Asmon is making with "you shouldn't teach Algebra 2 because you only have so much time, and there are more important stuff to learn" is so damn on point. I'd also add that it's not only about your limited time, it's also about your limited energy. Energy is a very valueable resource and as you grow up you should be extremely thoughtful about where when and how you wanna spend it. And never let school get in the way of learning.

Professional tax accountant, i can confirm lower income has less things to help on your taxes, than options available to higher income clients.

The government prints way too much money is the problem.

I have a college degree in a "stem" field and it's still terrible trying to find a good career. I feel helpless right now, so I cant imagine what people are going to do who didn't even finish high school etc. Society is totally fucked, thats why people are black pilled, silent quitting and enraged.

The reason why we don’t learn these very useful things in school is because a lot of companies have lobbied against it. Imagine how much money H&R Block would lose if people knew how to do taxes? Imagine how few realtors would be hired if people knew how to buy a house? It’s all on purpose.

Do NOT confuse average with median! When 9 people earn 1.000€ and the 10th earns 11.000€ the average is 2.000€. but the median is 1.000€! The upper 1-10% incomes increase much much more than the lower and middle incomes. The average invome in germany is 35€/h. But 85% of the population earns under 20€/h.

This was a really important and good video you posted. Giving up your raw honest true was very vulnerable of you. This all was important information and you giving made it all the more.

See, the worst part about this is that some of us wised up to all of this when we were younger and could see the writing on the walls. We tried to tell people we thought mattered to avoid it, and yet here we are because nobody would listen to us.

54% tax rate? We pay less in Denmark on top of that 12 eggs is 3 dollars here. What the hell is going on in America?

There are more ghost jobs than actual jobs.

I learned to budget because my mom didn't have money growing up. The importance of living within your means was not lost on my childhood.

I remember hearing that in 1950 a dual income household could pay their mortgage with 5% of their income. Imagine paying all your bills and having 80% of your income left over.

And a lot of people will still blame us for being "lazy" and "entitled" despite working the average amount of hours or even more than what people used to work 20 years ago, in order to gain half or less of what they used to make.

Been watching you for a while my guy...MAD respect after watching the bit about your feelings!

This is so right on. Thank you for being a voice to put this shit out there

Being born after the 1990's Is playing on Mythic mode with no Stating Tutuorial or Tips. you just drop into the final boss who has 50 health bars and several latin tracks behind it.

It’s not even that the low skill jobs are automated, its that they don’t pay enough to live unless you have two or three of them. You have to work so much just to get by that there’s barely anytime left over for anything else. This is why no one is having kids as well. We have to work more so there’s less time for building a family, less time for building skills. Not to mention we’re so busy trying to afford food and rent we can’t afford to go to school.

"If kids aren't allowed to make mistakes as kids they will make them as adults." might be my fav lil gem of wisdom. I can relate to it pretty hard too.

Greatest transfer of wealth is happening before our eyes.

I am barely surviving. Paying endless rent. Making 16 an hour is like making 8 an hour now.

There are a lot of kids, including myself, that had parents that just assumed you knew basic principles. I, for one, didn't know how to clean the house because no one taught me. My mom thought because I "wanted" to be in a clean environment; I just somehow magically knew how to clean a house properly. I didn't, and I got those comments like "Why aren't you good at cleaning? I thought you liked to clean." Reality is that no one taught me, I don't actually like to clean, but I do like being in a clean environment, so I am willing to try. This happened in a LOT of areas in my life that I ended up having to be my own parent to get on my feet. I did so much research online to figure things out, and it still feels like I am missing something. The best way I grew up was doing a lot of odd jobs, and moving out for seasonal work for several months at a time. It's the same parents that gives a tablet to a kid to get them to stop annoying them. My mom... just played video games and forgot to do everything. She gave up parenthood and just assumed my brothers and I were gonna just "know" the works, and is shocked that we were clueless on some basic stuff. If you ignore your kid a lot, they are going to miss some important information that they'll need for the real world. My mom was a result of people neglecting her and her not getting the help she needed, so the way people treat each other does spread more so than some might think. Please be good to each other, and to yourself.

I remember being able to afford $1400 rent, $200 utilities, a $300 car note, $110 monthly car and renter's insurance, and groceries. All on a $15 hourly wage, with associated overtime. This was fifteen years ago.

I remember my buddy having a shotgun mounted on his back window everyday, everybody kept a shotgun or pistol in there vehicle that had use for one on regular basis .

It's so rough I'm out here financing a pizza.

This is the end. Im injured laid off and homeless now. 4 years ago i had a 3/2 home 3 vehicles nice savings and had a nice stock portfolio. No one will hire me now 😊. Its so hot out here and i have sunburn on top of sunburn. I have bad nerve damage and a deteriorated neck and back. Every shelter say they have no more resources. Going from being a foreman in industrial construction for 27 years to being always told no. Today is the first time Ive been in a room overnight with ac since September of last year. Its so easy to say no……i hear it everyday i see it everyday. I helped build military bases, hospitals, universities ect…as a supervisor😊. Now im used to all of the accusatory looks and just told no. Call me dumb, say what you want. But i never stopped pushing even when i was unable to walk and was bed ridden for months then crutches for months. Honestly until people are less judgmental and a little more compassionate, people not doing well dont stand a chance out here. Ive worked since i was 13 and full-time since i was 18 im 46. You guys cant roast my ass more than the sun has 😂. I’ll see you in hell Johnny!😁

I understood the concept of info/time scarcity as a child in grade school. I felt cheated and frustrated that so much of my time was being wasted learning nothing of value. I actually learned so much more valuable knowledge/skills AFTER I graduated and had more time to do my own research and to experience work and life first hand. I basically equated school to prison - forced time lost.

A trade isn't a want, but a necessity to survive or fall back on when things get rough.

I would largely blame this on lobbying. The rich are making the laws and those laws benefit them. Changing lobbying should be the number 1 priority for average Americans.

Its not just automation thats killing jobs. Artisan jobs that used to exist in America have been shipped overseas to places like China and India because it's cheaper to pay somebody overseas for the work and ship the goods back than to just have them made here.

Related to the point about teaching subjects that most people don’t ever use again after HS-in many Asian countries, students have to pick their majors before high school starts. It’s a lot of pressure at that age, but then, for example those who are interested in STEM would take HS classes heavy on the math and science but lighter on things like literature that those students cared less about. I thought it made more sense this way.

Dude even knows what Discord is; it's nice to see someone actually do their research and know what they're talking about, especially on mainstream news.

I’m tired of it.

So true about being tall is an advantage in society beside beauty. I experienced that myself throughout my life. 28:24 Agree 100%

Im going through the teeth falling out phase right now... And im 30... Its annihilated my confidence. And im also poor so no dentist will see me. Great times...

I'm almost 30 and still live with my parents. When my parents were thirty they already had two kids and the house we currently live in and could afford to take vacations to other states including Disney World

An average price of a home is ten times the amount it was in 1980, whereas average income has only gone up three times as much. That tells you everything you need to know, on top of everything else that has skyrocketed in prices

I had 4 years of algebra, sometimes taking pre algebra, algebra and algebra 2 all at the same time, but to this day at 30 I have no idea how to get into college. Don't need to, I'm lucky in that regard, but most people can't or won't apply that much math constantly in a good paying job. I always thought it was weird having 9 different algebra classes but never learning how to get into college, write a check or budget.

There’s job’s everywhere. I ensure you it’s the cost of living that plummeted the economy not automation

Just remember, most establishment heads and people in authority/power/money all are convinced we are just making up all the stories that we're having any troubles at all that aren't self-inflicted.

I'm a Gen Xer, this man spoke nothing but facts. Know your real enemies. This notion that this has happened all in one generation is complete BS. This erosion began with my generation and has just continued to get worse.