Gen Z Is The UNHAPPIEST Generation In America: Why?? Report

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  • Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
  • Jessica Burbank and Amber Duke react to new findings in the world happiness report that a great percentage of the Gen Z population is unhappy. #genz #happiness
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  • @lisa-ul4vi
    @lisa-ul4vi 3 місяці тому +16

    This is all by design. I think 2008 was a significant turning point. Many Gen X and boomers lost most of their retirement savings, which made them stay in the work force longer or had to return to work. Loss of good manufacturing jobs, getting more and more people into debt, mass immigration, unnecessary wars. We could go on and on. Our gov. does not have our best interests at heart. They want to create a completely dependent population so they can easily push gov. control over the masses.

    • @botidobra6221
      @botidobra6221 2 місяці тому

      Eastern Europe, East Asia: no immigration, no inflation before 2020. Very low crime rates. Nationalist capitalism is better than New (social) liberalism. (open borders, pro-crime policies, modern monetary theory)

  • @christopherleslie
    @christopherleslie 3 місяці тому +44

    Amber, please cite your sources for your comment regarding the older generation "...doing really well in terms of retirement..." . CBS News article from April "53% of peak boomers ... Have less than $250,000 in assets".

    • @BarneyBrimlowe
      @BarneyBrimlowe 3 місяці тому

      nasdaq... "Americans have roughly $156 trillion in assets, according to Visual Capitalist, but half of that wealth - $78.1 trillion - belongs to the baby boomers. The rest is spread out across Generation X, the Silent Generation and Millennials."

    • @BarneyBrimlowe
      @BarneyBrimlowe 3 місяці тому +6

      i quoted NASDAQ for you but YT doesn't like facts

    • @effentjes
      @effentjes 3 місяці тому +5

      These generalizations aren't helpful and are infuriating me. Over 17 million older adults age 65+ are economically insecure, with incomes below 200% of the federal poverty level. It's not about old versus young. Amber, you need to get your facts straight. It's about wealth concentration versus the rest of us. It is your responsibility to know better. In addition, it is not about perpetuating stereotypes about the get-off-my-lawn senior citizen or what social media likes to use to sow division.

    • @Tonka77
      @Tonka77 3 місяці тому +7

      Imagine having any assets

    • @paulweeldreyer7457
      @paulweeldreyer7457 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@@effentjesI'm not sure about your statistic because many people over 65 likely don't have "income" which is recorded in that data. That doesn't mean they aren't getting any money.

  • @mikehochburns8740
    @mikehochburns8740 3 місяці тому +87

    Climate doesn't cause unhappiness. Dwelling on climate change does.

    • @Aganoize
      @Aganoize 3 місяці тому +6

      You're right, I should totally never prep for a hurricane that might be coming because the climate in my area is fine now.

    • @ffffnnnnul2125
      @ffffnnnnul2125 3 місяці тому +11

      ​@@Aganoizeyou're right, you should obsess over something that's unlikely to the point where you become unhappy with everyday life and push away everyone that loves you.

    • @OhioVworld
      @OhioVworld 3 місяці тому +6

      @@AganoizeYou really shouldn’t spend much energy on that. Go touch grass, eat whole food and limit your screen time.

    • @GullerudGallery
      @GullerudGallery 3 місяці тому

      B. S.

    • @C-Mack
      @C-Mack 3 місяці тому +4

      @@GullerudGallery but i thought bs caused climate change 🤣😂🤣

  • @chrisgabele75
    @chrisgabele75 3 місяці тому +16

    I generally blame it for those who voted for their short term gains, but never voted for the long term to give something for the next generation to go with!

    • @paulinotou
      @paulinotou 3 місяці тому

      We are still doing it. Gen Z and Millenials are insistent on things like student loan forgiveness that is unsustainable for more than a few times and even than only affects college educated people. Gen Alpha will be paying for that.

    • @Corndogg316
      @Corndogg316 2 місяці тому

      This is the whole reason for having governments IMO. Individuals will often make selfish choices, it’s the government’s job to have a long view and do what is right in the long term.

    • @ClementineDaydream
      @ClementineDaydream 2 місяці тому

      @@Corndogg316 I suppose idealistically this makes sense. I only see governments also focusing on short term gains... and the gains that support their own pockets vs the peoples.

    • @albertusvanlubeeck9161
      @albertusvanlubeeck9161 2 місяці тому

      In theory, having the government as the long-term planner sounds good, but governments always end up self-serving. This is why the cycle persists. Conmen are great at getting people to elevate or vote for them. They then serve themselves until the system collapses. At that point, chaos ensues, and strong men have no choice but to put their foot down to create stability. Once stability is reached, the con artists start the cycle over again.

  • @VincentFischer
    @VincentFischer 3 місяці тому +21

    How can Gen Z be unhappy? They have more than 100 genders, exactly what they fought for

    • @blacklyfe6881
      @blacklyfe6881 2 місяці тому

      Not me, I'm not with that agenda.

  • @cvrart
    @cvrart 3 місяці тому +34

    Unhappiness is being cultivated because it's profitable. Simple as that.

  • @emmycab
    @emmycab 3 місяці тому +27

    5:55 Jessica: "It's impossible, if you do the math on a minimum wage income, you can't afford rent and save for a home in this country and put yourself through school on a minimum wage job. It's just an entirely different economic environment for us."
    Gen X here. I agree that the cost of living is a problem, and the cost of housing is a particularly big problem. I bought my house 25+ years ago and could not afford to buy it today on my current income because of the extreme inflation in the housing market.
    That said, when I bought my house back in the 1990s, I did NOT do it on a minimum wage income. Minimum wage was never (and will never be) sufficient to pay rent AND save for a house AND put oneself through school all at the same time. Jessica is deluded if she thinks all of that was EVER possible on a minimum wage income.

    • @BWolf00
      @BWolf00 3 місяці тому +2

      So so true, especially the latter...I tried to say the same thing but my YT social credit score wouldn't allow it. They especially didn't like me identifying and saying gen-boo...so weird.

    • @silveravnt
      @silveravnt 2 місяці тому +2

      Yep. I bought my first house in 96 for $66k. Today zillow guesses it's worth $185k. That's insane.
      We have an extreme lack of financial education in the US. How people think they will just not get any sort of skill and raise a family on minimum wage is dumb.

    • @emmycab
      @emmycab 2 місяці тому +1

      @@silveravnt Your numbers and dates are not too far off from my own. 🙃

  • @SeiyaSoiya-un4jj
    @SeiyaSoiya-un4jj 3 місяці тому +27

    Social media, single parent households…

    • @ProclaimedHERETIC
      @ProclaimedHERETIC 3 місяці тому +6

      The lack of understanding between "wants" and "needs"...

    • @chamboyette853
      @chamboyette853 3 місяці тому +1

      Moreso social media.

    • @therealcirclea762
      @therealcirclea762 3 місяці тому +1

      Ridiculous levels of self-importance?

    • @SeiyaSoiya-un4jj
      @SeiyaSoiya-un4jj 3 місяці тому

      @@chamboyette853
      I don’t know about “more so”. Look up the disparities between anxiety, depression, likelihood to drop out of school, etc. between kids coming from two parent households and kids coming from single parent households. The results are alarming.

  • @Incredible520
    @Incredible520 3 місяці тому +42

    Hard Questions for Gen Z. Simple suggestions: 1) Get off your phone and social media. 2) Go outside. 3) Hang out with family and friends. 4) Essentially, touch and feel the grass. 5) Go on dates. 6) Get off the screens.

    • @yutoob6181
      @yutoob6181 3 місяці тому +5

      Quite simple

    • @albertmartin600
      @albertmartin600 3 місяці тому +4

      1) yes 2) yes. 3) yes. 4) yes. 5) yes, & 6) yes

    • @gugy68
      @gugy68 3 місяці тому +3

      Yep. I’m addictive to my phone too but at least do these things: exercise and meditate for at least 30m daily. Go outdoors and eat well. That for sure helps with your mental health. Luckily, I grew up before the internet. Starring at a phone all day and not doing much else is recipe for disaster.

    • @johnborzilleri9721
      @johnborzilleri9721 3 місяці тому +8

      I am 65 yo and lucky to have bought a house long ago at a low price and go to an Ivy League college when it cost $11k year with loans - how do your 4 points of “callous” advice help young people with that? your kind of simplistic selfish nonsense prevents these major issues for young people from being addressed…should be ashamed of yourself, but I am sure you are not🥹

    • @gugy68
      @gugy68 3 місяці тому +5

      @@johnborzilleri9721 you make a good point. Boomers and GenX had easier and I don’t deny kids nowadays are squeezed to the max and do not have the same opportunities as generations past. But still, the addiction to social media is absolutely not helping them at all.

  • @gaga5347
    @gaga5347 2 місяці тому +7

    It's time for Gen Z to show that they've had enough of the baby boom and Lead.

    • @charlespeterson778
      @charlespeterson778 2 місяці тому +1

      I a boomer and I didn't vote for Biden or Trump,I voted for Tulsi

    • @gaga5347
      @gaga5347 2 місяці тому +1

      @@charlespeterson778 She changes her position to go with the flow Pretty much like RFK.

  • @ApesAmongUs
    @ApesAmongUs 3 місяці тому +3

    People mostly interact with people around the same age, and gen-Z are some of the worst people to talk to who have ever existed, so...
    And, oh yea, the economy.

  • @charlespeterson778
    @charlespeterson778 2 місяці тому +1

    A wise man once said " If you have anxiety your living for the future. If you're depressed you're living in the past. Live in the present

  • @asianamericanadvice6016
    @asianamericanadvice6016 3 місяці тому +7

    In many states, there are tons and tons of jobs paying 75K that Gen Z won't take.... in construction, plumbing, renovation, welding, electricity, etc.

    • @asianamericanadvice6016
      @asianamericanadvice6016 3 місяці тому

      These jobs go to immigrants, mostly illegal. And they do the work so that Gen Z can afford ANY housing.

    • @BlueSpades7442
      @BlueSpades7442 3 місяці тому +5

      They might not go for those jobs since they were told as kids if you get a college diploma than you will have a successful life. Fast forward now they have diplomas and underpaying jobs in organizations/companies that will fier them at the drop of a dime just to get cheaper labor. While jobs that don't require an education/debt pay way more and don't fier people as often but are hard labor jobs. What they were told as kids and what they got was completely opposite.
      Things might have been better if we had Millennials in office instead of these skeletons, since they are more aware of the state of the country and aren't delusional like those boomers and silent generation who should by all means be retired and should have passed the torch on long ago. All these old politicians are paid off and have made good lives for themselves and their families, why care about a generation/people that have nothing to do with you or your personal happiness, not like they can remove you from power when you have your sponsors backing you while you play into their hands like a puppet.

  • @gabeswitala2292
    @gabeswitala2292 2 місяці тому +3

    Ironically there're all on antidepressant

  • @mkaylani
    @mkaylani 3 місяці тому +20

    This current generation also just costs more. As a gen X-er, we didn't buy Starbucks everyday or have mobile phone plans or have tons of subscriptions to services. We didn't buy organic, have special diets, or go to therapy sessions. I could go on. I think part of the reason that generations today struggle to figure out how to pay for the future is that they are living in the moment.

    • @kjhuang
      @kjhuang 3 місяці тому +4

      Coffee existed for Generation X too...

    • @ProclaimedHERETIC
      @ProclaimedHERETIC 3 місяці тому +3

      @@kjhuang coffee existed, but Gen-X didn't spend 8 times more for the Starbucks logo. Back then, Gen X weren't such slaves to branding and so hyper focused on what other people thought of them.

    • @kjhuang
      @kjhuang 3 місяці тому

      @@ProclaimedHERETIC I doubt Gen Z likes Starbucks anyway. They probably rather spend their money at local independent shops. Which is what the capitalists supposedly want.

    • @dedesunbeam9361
      @dedesunbeam9361 3 місяці тому +1

      Planning to buy a house isn't living in the moment. And currently everyone pretty much needs a mobile phone, it's becoming a requirement in modern life. And even us older people bought coffee every day while working.

    • @Sam-mk9ke
      @Sam-mk9ke 3 місяці тому +1

      Are you categorizing therapy as "living in the moment"? lol

  • @kentakayanagi2084
    @kentakayanagi2084 3 місяці тому +5

    I remember growing up in CA in the 90s and hearing all the red tape created by legislature for special interest greed, restricting developers for building homes. Looks like its on display today.

    • @ProclaimedHERETIC
      @ProclaimedHERETIC 3 місяці тому

      Environmental reviews, title 24 requirements, fire sprinklers and mandated solar increased the cost of my recently built home by $110k in California. That was 20% of the total cost of the home. If you're wondering why homes are so expensive, look to Democrats.

  • @dancrea9407
    @dancrea9407 3 місяці тому +3

    One area that I think is often overlooked in these discussions is that younger generations tend to be single and stay single for much longer. Trying to buy a home and support oneself on a single income has always beed a challenge.
    When I started working the pay was $4.10 per hour. This was a union job and was above the minimum wage of $3.80 at the time. Homes in the area cost ~50k and mortgage rates where 8 - 12% + PMI insurance if you didn't put 20% down. It wasn't easy.
    WE (wife and I) got by because it was two of us, two incomes, and we made sacrifices. Bag lunches, a single used car, only eating out on special occasions, etc.

    • @theBear89451
      @theBear89451 3 місяці тому

      To be more precise, average hourly pay has grown faster than rent over the last 50 years, but household income has grown slower than rent. The different is marriage.

  • @michelleerwin3833
    @michelleerwin3833 3 місяці тому +10

    It's impossible for them to prosper, their futures look bleak.

    • @therealcirclea762
      @therealcirclea762 3 місяці тому

      Jessica is ridiculous.
      Tthe cyclic nature of civilizations seems to indicate that Z and A will be on the better end of this upcoming reset and subsequent jump in the overall standard of living.
      Unless, of course, she and other self-important Y, Z, and As are the last generations of our species. A species that has survived 300,000 years through actual pandemics, global ecological disasters, famines, animal migration, various predators, et al.
      The ego required of any generation to think... "we are the generations that will decide the fate of the planet..." is astounding.
      None of you, none... of....us, are that special. Generations are merely handfuls of sand on a beach that spans backward in time billions of years, and forward perhaps trillions. The tide goes out, washes some sand away, then comes in, returning some.
      Truly. The egos are just... wow.

    • @blacklyfe6881
      @blacklyfe6881 2 місяці тому +1

      Quit being so negative

  • @mikehochburns8740
    @mikehochburns8740 3 місяці тому +22

    Social media is the main thing

    • @spicywater123
      @spicywater123 3 місяці тому +9

      100%. Social Media has absolutely ruined society.

    • @Network126
      @Network126 3 місяці тому +3

      Cost of living is the main thing. I'm living in a 24 year-old Toyota Sienna minivan on the streets.

    • @blacklyfe6881
      @blacklyfe6881 2 місяці тому +1

      It really isn't

    • @spicywater123
      @spicywater123 2 місяці тому

      @@blacklyfe6881 Zuckerbot detected

  • @Jonathanismyname
    @Jonathanismyname 3 місяці тому +2

    Tim Dillon articulates what Jessica is saying in a much more pointed and concise way when he talked about how boomers rigged the system to their benefit by using home ownership and low interest borrowing to fuel investing, all while leaving the work force with retirement packages that gutted the local governments and companies they worked for, leaving the younger generations with higher interest rates and less worker benefits as those governments and businesses cut benefits for a correction. That’s not the sole reason things are harder now financially, but it’s a big part.

  • @ronaldpinard6285
    @ronaldpinard6285 3 місяці тому +13

    Gen Z is the unhappiest and also the least spiritual.

    • @mindymild
      @mindymild 3 місяці тому

      Before you claim “spiritual” prove it exists
      It’s more likely Gen Z are paying for previous generations greed

    • @devensilvers6256
      @devensilvers6256 3 місяці тому +1

      They are the most spiritual but they place their spirituality in different places.

    • @Migwelp
      @Migwelp 3 місяці тому +1

      Eh...nah. Gen Z men are very much religious. There's a Christian revival in this country right now.

    • @mindymild
      @mindymild 3 місяці тому

      @@Migwelp oh no!! 😱

    • @blacklyfe6881
      @blacklyfe6881 2 місяці тому +1

      Nothing wrong with not being spiritual I'm an atheist and I don't want to be spiritual.

  • @zachculp5742
    @zachculp5742 2 місяці тому +2

    Id love Jess to be a permanent Host, and fully replace Bri

  • @tonysaenz
    @tonysaenz 2 місяці тому +2

    1. Garbage food / nutritional deficiencies.
    2. Loneliness epidemic.
    3. Sedentary culture.

  • @hkirkrainer
    @hkirkrainer 3 місяці тому +18

    Debt is an underlying cause and an effect; public debt passed to posterity, lending to personal debt.

    • @theBear89451
      @theBear89451 3 місяці тому +2

      Public debt is equal to private surplus, with a slight adjustment for trade imbalance. This is why the US has so many billionaires.

    • @Jocky8807
      @Jocky8807 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@theBear89451but baby boomer got the private wealth, and Gen Z got the public debt. 😂

  • @thundershirt1
    @thundershirt1 3 місяці тому +2

    A better question would be "why would they be happy?" Men and women dont really seem able to get along. Marriage as an institution is a complete wreck. Goodbye famiy. Most of us will be alone and die alone. Home ownership is an illusion that is slipping away. The tax burden for all of our deficit borrowing will be crushing. They will pay, and they will get little out of it. Great segment, more of these two, please.

  • @mattheffner6831
    @mattheffner6831 3 місяці тому +2

    Climate change is the never ending battle between Mr. Cold Miser and Mr. Heat Miser

  • @DavidDalrymple-df4eb
    @DavidDalrymple-df4eb 3 місяці тому +3

    The social contract is broken. Future generations will not have a better life than their parents.

  • @ProclaimedHERETIC
    @ProclaimedHERETIC 3 місяці тому +4

    Boomers didn't need a brand new car, or $1k cell phones each year with $100/mo phone plans. They didn't spend $80/mo on internet. There's a lot of Gen Z "wants" that are confused as "needs".

    • @lornamackay4069
      @lornamackay4069 3 місяці тому +3

      Except that having a cell phone and internet is not really a "want" in today's world. True that one does not need the most expensive phone or internet plan, but it is hard to live without some access to internet. And, having both a cell phone and a land line, my cell phone service is actually cheaper than my land line. Good luck finding a job without cell phone and internet!

    • @mr.kilpatrick2991
      @mr.kilpatrick2991 2 місяці тому

      @@lornamackay4069 its not the cell phone...its all the apps on it that connect to their credit card. Yes zoomers spend waaaaaayyyyyyyy too much on things that are wants then complain they are broke. Well of course they are...why wouldn't they be.

  • @cashaeleatemla
    @cashaeleatemla 3 місяці тому +8

    In contrast, when asked which generation is the best to work with, millennials emerged as the clear favorite, with 42 percent of respondents indicating they are the easiest to work alongside.

  • @lukeyellowtail1145
    @lukeyellowtail1145 3 місяці тому +5

    They where smiling hard in the thumbnail to show they’re not gen Z😅

  • @noelvoss6744
    @noelvoss6744 3 місяці тому +4

    No one is surprised by this. They've been given everything, they live in one of the greatest countries in the world, yet everyone is a victim and everyone and everything is racist, transphobic, etc. Life is hard. You have to get by no matter what!!!!!

  • @kennethko1534
    @kennethko1534 2 місяці тому +3

    It's some combination of the pandemic/lockdown measures and also too much technology/internet use. People are naturally social and the more social you are in ways that are positive for others and also yourself is what makes people happy. Spending 2 years practicing social distancing, covering your faces, and consciously trying to be apart as much as possible takes time to recover from. But sadly, for Gen Z's those 2 or 3 years are literally 10% of their lived lives. It's not surprising they are unhappy.
    Internet/technology use is basically more of the same thing. Social media more or less just being social from a distance (just like 6 ft social distancing during pandemic), presenting a partial facade, showing only a part of who you really are (just like a face mask) and maximizing ability to work from home is basically trying to consciously planning to be apart from others as much as possible.

  • @OhioVworld
    @OhioVworld 3 місяці тому +11

    Who told her the hardest working ppl do the best in a meritocracy?
    Thats literal idiocy; it completely dismisses talent and ubringing and risk-taking.
    I was never told anything different growing up.

    • @alih122
      @alih122 3 місяці тому +2

      Meritocracy is a fairytale

    • @FestusParker-sm9gg
      @FestusParker-sm9gg 2 місяці тому

      Sometimes talented people are the ones who do the best but at the same time, you can be less talented than the next guy but outwork him and end up passing him up. Work ethic and risk taking aren't always passed on to younger generations.

  • @wekurtz72
    @wekurtz72 3 місяці тому +4

    I had to do an Alumni talk at my Uni. They gave me a f'n laundry list of things not to mention or reference, including certain words, because it could 'trigger them'.
    Gen Z is too weak for WORDS, literally. Abandon all hope.

    • @dedesunbeam9361
      @dedesunbeam9361 3 місяці тому

      Gen-Z didn't ask you to avoid certain words, the generation running the school did.

  • @ProclaimedHERETIC
    @ProclaimedHERETIC 3 місяці тому +4

    Jessica describes the problem with Gen Z. The expectation is to do the bare minimum (minimum wage job) and get everything you want.

  • @Network126
    @Network126 3 місяці тому +4

    Kinda hard to be happy when you can't even afford proper housing or a life. I live in a 24 year-old Toyota Sienna minivan on the streets.

    • @wolfgangkush1480
      @wolfgangkush1480 2 місяці тому

      When I was 24 I couldn't afford a home either, that was 30 years ago. If I wasn't bouncing around or had roommates, I was without shelter. But even then I was happy and optimistic. I adapted, worked my way up, and even today now that I have a home and all the things I aspired to get, I still look back at the days I had nothing as some of my happiest.
      Some of the poorest countries in the world that I have visited have the most kind and happy people, sadness is a privilege extended to those who don't appreciate the things they have in life and dwell on the things they can not change. If you are capable and healthy, you can find happiness.

  • @franciswarnock8977
    @franciswarnock8977 3 місяці тому +8

    All of this while Starbucks and $9 lattes is their thing. I live in a U town and you see the students all day hoarding in and out. As long as this generation is able and willing to pay nearly $10 for a fancy coffee, I don't want to hear their problem affording things.

    • @ProclaimedHERETIC
      @ProclaimedHERETIC 3 місяці тому +2

      I just finished my MS, and many of my classmates would get those overpriced coffee's multiple times per day.

    • @brandoncrow768
      @brandoncrow768 3 місяці тому +2

      I'll agrree that a $10 coffee Is a treat.
      However. Why is the coffee $10? How much was gourmet coffee in your day?
      .75? 1.25?

  • @thehonesttruth8808
    @thehonesttruth8808 2 місяці тому +1

    New host is a huge improvement to the previous one in every way

  • @cosmegonzalez
    @cosmegonzalez 3 місяці тому +10

    Um... no. Many developing countries where people hardly have enough to live on, and DON´T EVEN OWN A HOME have a higher happiness index than the USA. So money related issues are not a direct link to happiness. At the very least, the culture has its priorities skewed.

    • @kheldaryt
      @kheldaryt 3 місяці тому +4

      right this conversation goes off the rails because of poor analysis

    • @kjhuang
      @kjhuang 3 місяці тому +4

      If all you've ever known in your life is living in a mud hut and eating worms, sure you might get used to it.
      But what if you were placed in a nice modern house and tasted filet mignon, and were then told that in a few years you'd have to go back to the hut and the worms again? A little bit different.

  • @Tyler-zs9il
    @Tyler-zs9il 3 місяці тому +2

    great show today

  • @thequackpackattack9250
    @thequackpackattack9250 3 місяці тому +1

    They have no future. A.I will take all the jobs. Also not many meaningful relationships. Lack of communication skills. Its sad. I dont have any solution:/

  • @mikehochburns8740
    @mikehochburns8740 3 місяці тому +12

    Looking for people to blame makes people unhappy too.

    • @ffffnnnnul2125
      @ffffnnnnul2125 3 місяці тому +6

      And pretending you have no agency in your life!

    • @Network126
      @Network126 3 місяці тому

      Kinda hard to be happy when you can't even afford proper housing or a life. I live in a 24 year-old Toyota Sienna minivan on the streets.

    • @ffffnnnnul2125
      @ffffnnnnul2125 3 місяці тому

      @@Network126 you live in an expensive city?

    • @Network126
      @Network126 3 місяці тому

      @@ffffnnnnul2125 Los Angeles... I was born here and lost my housing multiple times.

    • @ffffnnnnul2125
      @ffffnnnnul2125 3 місяці тому +2

      @@Network126 yea, LA probably stinks to live in for people who aren't very wealthy. Sucks

  • @alexwalker5645
    @alexwalker5645 2 місяці тому

    Jessica was focusing on “minimum wage jobs”, while that’s not even the problem. Double minimum wage is not even enough right now.

  • @melodymatters
    @melodymatters 2 місяці тому

    I have a GenZ friend I would sometimes tease with something like, "Ha, ha -- you have to work twice as hard for half as much...." For some reason, she doesn't find it *that* funny.

  • @paulweeldreyer7457
    @paulweeldreyer7457 3 місяці тому +1

    The problem is, most of the young people complaining about how expensive it is to live will demand the State fix it; the State will continue to print and borrow, which will continue to make costs skyrocket. 🤦

  • @ReflexandReaction
    @ReflexandReaction 3 місяці тому

    Come on ladies, speak the truth. The VALUE of a dollar means nothing anymore, regardless of your salary. I make on average 80/90k per year, I can afford the mortgage, but the down payment is a devil, as everything else is also demanding so much more money. I'm also supporting my family, my wife staying home with our boys saves us thousands in day care costs. Also, it's not that our "representatives" haven't been paying attention to the future they're creating. They have, and they just don't care, greed is a heart killer.

  • @damienfowler2358
    @damienfowler2358 2 місяці тому

    The zoomers won't be the "strong men" to make good times. The "strong men" will be the gen-alphas.

  • @switzjon8405
    @switzjon8405 2 місяці тому

    Why are folks stuck in pointless jobs? But expect more money out of those businesses?

  • @west241
    @west241 3 місяці тому +1

    Love how they compare house prices 50 years ago. Yeah how much did the make an hr.?

  • @YouTubeCensor
    @YouTubeCensor 3 місяці тому +1

    Can happiness ever be anything other than an inside job independent of circumstances? That is, if your happiness is tied to conditions, are you genuinely happy?

  • @RenegadeManta799
    @RenegadeManta799 2 місяці тому

    The Boomers are the "soft men" that created these times. Now it's left to us to clean up their messes.

  • @gusswanda1409
    @gusswanda1409 2 місяці тому

    When Gen X and Boomers were in their 20s, they were not rich nor saved much, if anything for retirement. Not many Gen Xers were buying homes in their 20s. Gen Z needs to relax and realize that every generation struggles when they are young. If they work hard, their time will come. Also, Gen Z wants to make a good living at a white-collar job after spending a ton of money on a fairly unnecessary degree. My 21yo niece works for GM and will be making almost $100,000/year four years from now without a high school diploma. You have to temper your expectations. You can't always have an amazing job that you love and where you feel empowered AND make a great living right off the bat.

  • @Coover90210
    @Coover90210 2 місяці тому

    I'm tail end boomer. I am very aware/grateful for the circumstances I was born into. When you look at the average price of a starter home vs the average one-earner income (that takes inflation out of the equation), anyone with eyes can see it has got wildly out of whack. I wish I had a solution. I would just encourage everyone to remember what is truly important. Its always analog.

  • @DannyAnderson-gd2kt
    @DannyAnderson-gd2kt 3 місяці тому +5

    Guess who is going to be saddled with the national debt from the Boomers? Gen Z and Millennial's.

    • @davidbatlle6019
      @davidbatlle6019 3 місяці тому +2

      And you voted Democrat for this

    • @trukxelf
      @trukxelf 3 місяці тому

      Depends on what side of the balance sheet you're on; Federal deficit is someones asset

    • @C-Mack
      @C-Mack 3 місяці тому +1

      Gen Z and Millenials overwhelmingly support democrat policies of high taxes, high inflation, excessive printing and spending adding to the debt....sooooooo, GenZ & Millennials are directly as much at fault for the national debt as boomers 🤷‍♂

  • @TomLinder-x5d
    @TomLinder-x5d 2 місяці тому

    I made $75 for 80hours of work in the 60's . Yes, my first house was only $12,000 with 10% interest rate. Figure the math. They can afford it if they set realistic goals.

  • @freddybie
    @freddybie 2 місяці тому

    Part of the unhappiness comes from the lack of ability to problem solve. Rather than try and work on/fix the issues that directly impact one’s self, people want to complain and have others fix their problems for them.

  • @switzjon8405
    @switzjon8405 2 місяці тому

    Constantly being told your world is trash can you blame them?

  • @emazur8394
    @emazur8394 3 місяці тому +9

    I don't believe the "hard times create strong men" cycle. Instead:
    > Hard times create fear.
    > Fear creates obedient men seeking "leaders".
    > Leaders create systems of subservience.
    > Systems of subservience create weak men.
    We're not in a cycle, we've been on a linear progression downwards - staying on the weak men stage but sometimes moving up to the hard times stage (Covid 19 totalitarianism is the perfect example. A new war would be another). But moving up some stages doesn't reset the downward fall, it just piles on to the existing negative consequences of being in a subservient system. There will be stretches where it feels much better because there are improvements in the quality of life created by the private sector such as technology, medicine, and jobs but there is still rot beneath. The hard times won't end until you stop seeking leaders (specifically political leaders) to save you and you stop being manipulated by fear (amplified by the dominant news media, working hand-in-hand with political leaders).

    • @SeiyaSoiya-un4jj
      @SeiyaSoiya-un4jj 3 місяці тому +2

      Excellent comment. Reminds me of a favorite quote of mine.
      “Those who need leaders are not qualified to choose them.”

    • @Stassis
      @Stassis 3 місяці тому

      Better to be free and poor than live in a gilded cage.

  • @gdavidelliott
    @gdavidelliott 3 місяці тому +4

    She said "someone working a minimum wage job can't afford to live there". That was always the case. Minimum wage is not a living wage. It is entry level, low skill, and if you are making the minimum after 3 months, you need to up your game.

    • @chriscollins1525
      @chriscollins1525 3 місяці тому +2

      Amber often makes silly points, like the one about affording a house on minimum wages. No generation could afford it ! She has also made similarly ignorant statements.

    • @scratchpenny
      @scratchpenny 3 місяці тому

      @@chriscollins1525 That's Jessica who made that point.

    • @stevealves3059
      @stevealves3059 3 місяці тому

      Not to mention, a very small percentage of Americans make minimum wage.

    • @lornamackay4069
      @lornamackay4069 3 місяці тому +1

      As a single mother earning minimum wage in the '80's, I could afford both rent and food, and school supplies for my children. I got a 2nd part time job at night as a cocktail waitress, and saved up a down payment on an old house - mainly from tips. It is not true that minimum wage has always been too low to afford rent and food. It may well be that it is so now.

    • @brandoncrow768
      @brandoncrow768 3 місяці тому

      ​@@stevealves3059not true. Minimum wage in California is like $20/hrs.
      Plenty of people make making that joke of a wage

  • @stevealves3059
    @stevealves3059 3 місяці тому +3

    When could a minimum wage salary buy a home? I agree that homes are out of reach for many, but a better argument would've been that the middle class can't afford a home.

  • @gametime2473
    @gametime2473 3 місяці тому +5

    Social media is what is making them so unhappy. People are commonly framing their lives based on what they see in social media.

  • @mistibear7821
    @mistibear7821 2 місяці тому

    Amber, this is a sinking ship! Bail out now!

  • @daffidkane8350
    @daffidkane8350 2 місяці тому

    There is no sense of community today as church and clubs have declined and been replaced by communities of identity: politics, sexuality, ideology, and race. These self righteous and toxic groups are worse than church people in my youth. I stay by myself for a peaceful life. I try to avoid talking to anyone as everyone today gets triggered over the simplest and no one respects any opinion other than their own.

  • @tyroneflaucher3499
    @tyroneflaucher3499 2 місяці тому

    I can feel "giving up" is now giving in.

  • @west241
    @west241 3 місяці тому +1

    Well when entitlement increases I would definitely correlate unhappiness in that bag😂

  • @Marcus001
    @Marcus001 2 місяці тому

    That thumbnail is devious 😂

  • @ImSeriousProductions
    @ImSeriousProductions 3 місяці тому

    Well, she's not that other new host. Appreciate that.

  • @hidesinlonggrass3229
    @hidesinlonggrass3229 2 місяці тому +3

    Voting for Biden leads to unhappiness.... Go figure.

  • @斬魔狂支孟
    @斬魔狂支孟 3 місяці тому +2

    We cannot know happiness without knowing unhappiness.

  • @LeoMichalek
    @LeoMichalek 2 місяці тому

    people have stopped connecting like they used to, having close friends and community like they used to.. happiness increases the better your social network is.
    We are social beings and are not meant to be stuck on the computer. We need to focus on family, we need to serve the the community and our fellow men.
    A house is great.. lot's of money is great.. but all the superficial things that we have don't bring happiness.. human connection does.
    that will never change.

  • @thomasgriffing5902
    @thomasgriffing5902 3 місяці тому +1

    If they weren’t depressed already, they certainly will be after watching this.

  • @johnwatts8346
    @johnwatts8346 2 місяці тому

    if the reason a person is unhappy is climate change, well then they kinda deserve to be unhappy.

  • @whm_w8833
    @whm_w8833 3 місяці тому

    This is good conversation

  • @JoshuaHoward-dq4tv
    @JoshuaHoward-dq4tv 3 місяці тому +1

    Cost of Living?..... gen x apartments 300-500 dollars v.s. gen z apartments 1600- 2300 dollars.

    • @ApesAmongUs
      @ApesAmongUs 3 місяці тому

      Did you get those numbers by taking the total rent and dividing it by all the people above capacity we managed to squeeze in there?

  • @COmatthews70
    @COmatthews70 3 місяці тому +1

    My first home (when married) was 350k and 7% + mortgage... that was only 25 years ago. Seems it's similar now???

    • @airgunningyup
      @airgunningyup 3 місяці тому +1

      thats a pretty expensive house 25 yrs ago.. I grew up on long island and houses were roughly 285 in the late 90s.

  • @asianamericanadvice6016
    @asianamericanadvice6016 3 місяці тому +2

    Importing 100K immigrants on H1 B visas each year to do computer programming and nursing while keeping Asian Americans from going to college to study computer programming and medicine, etc.

  • @megsmith596
    @megsmith596 3 місяці тому

    The thing to remember is it will all work out, as to weather it works out well is the unknown.

  • @VR20524
    @VR20524 3 місяці тому +8

    Why bring up minimum wage? It was never designed to give a comfortable life. It was the first rung if the ladder; not a hammock. It was designed to build experience so you could better yourself and climb the ladder. What happened to ambition? Why is being successful evil?

  • @lanceweeda1147
    @lanceweeda1147 3 місяці тому +3

    Jessica is spot on!

  • @bbowjazz
    @bbowjazz 3 місяці тому +3

    Calling BS Jessica. No one 30 to 40 years ago was buying homes and saving on minimum wage.

  • @BobSmith-lb9nc
    @BobSmith-lb9nc 3 місяці тому +7

    GenZ sees that Western civilization is over, and that they have no future. Z stands for Zombie, the zombie generation.

    • @Aganoize
      @Aganoize 3 місяці тому

      Thinking is pretty hard at your age, but do try and engage with asking why is it they see western civilization is 'over' and look into if there is a foundational logic that can be followed. Then you can follow the idea toward any facts or misunderstandings. I'm sure you have time since you're retired with nothing to do.

    • @BobSmith-lb9nc
      @BobSmith-lb9nc 3 місяці тому

      @@Aganoize Gen Z is in agony and confusion over reality, when they should simply accept their fate with a future Islamic Caliphate under Sharia Law. Read Douglas Murray's The War on the West, and The Strange Death of Europe. It is a fait accompli.

    • @ProclaimedHERETIC
      @ProclaimedHERETIC 3 місяці тому

      GenZ sees that Western Civilization is over, because their progressive and liberal friends are killing it.

  • @tedgayer336
    @tedgayer336 2 місяці тому

    OK, she's way more watcheable than the monster you just fired.

  • @nicevideo2020
    @nicevideo2020 2 місяці тому

    This generation needs God and Jesus Chris our savior. I'm single and have 3 kids, working and i'm always busy. Yet i have time for my children, my own things. This generation is lost because of their own beliefs that are not aligned with family values and God. Instead, they're worried about some calling then it, they, them or all nonsense.🤷‍♂️

  • @Warren76317
    @Warren76317 3 місяці тому +2

    I also blocked this channel.

  • @Outlier999
    @Outlier999 3 місяці тому +7

    Whoever told them they're always supposed to be happy?

  • @ComplyAndDie87
    @ComplyAndDie87 3 місяці тому

    Hopelessness.

  • @silveravnt
    @silveravnt 2 місяці тому

    We are in the hard times phase and it might get worse depending on what people decide in November. It's clear this president is not leading us down the right path.
    I suggest, at least until things improve, multi generational living.
    In the long term we need to encourage two parent stable households. That will solve most of society's problems but it will take a generation or more.

  • @blimpburger
    @blimpburger 3 місяці тому

    The Hill lost me as a viewer. I used to enjoy Rising, but I'm angry about the firing of Briahna over her criticism of Israel. This is clearly corporate news disguised as alternative media.

  • @dawn6232
    @dawn6232 3 місяці тому

    Let’s look into daycare and the breakdown in the infant caregiver attachment bond.

  • @ickster23
    @ickster23 2 місяці тому

    Envy and fear.

  • @canadianrepublican1185
    @canadianrepublican1185 2 місяці тому

    Wow you two look really professional today .

  • @kerrywang1126
    @kerrywang1126 2 місяці тому +1

    "Worrying about climate change is sort of a privileged position". Last week, 1300 people died in Saudi Arabia on their Hajj pilgrimage. Mexico and India also each had 100+ heat-related deaths in the last month. Mexico City is about to run out of water in the coming weeks. Truly, it is those who are privileged enough to be shielded from the harshest effects of climate change find no reason to worry.

  • @newearthrising3502
    @newearthrising3502 2 місяці тому

    Addiction to trauma

  • @shivasive
    @shivasive 3 місяці тому +2

    Would be nice to have a working class president. But the working class don't have time for popularity contests and so we're left with the soft handed, bureaucratic, soothesayer idiots who will only further our destruction

  • @mindyobeeznis
    @mindyobeeznis 3 місяці тому +2

    Can't afford a home in your area? Get local laws changed and allow high density housing to be built. Nimbys are what's driving up housing costs

    • @privatejudo228
      @privatejudo228 3 місяці тому +1

      Nope. Who wants to live in a tiny home crammed around thousands of people? Find a rural property, there are hundreds of affordable options

    • @mindyobeeznis
      @mindyobeeznis 3 місяці тому

      @@privatejudo228 easy, people who want someplace to live 😂

  • @vladthedragon8250
    @vladthedragon8250 2 місяці тому

    You have to widen the context outside of the modern work schedule and the fruits of it to look at the 'hard men come from hard times, hard men make good times, good times make weak men, weak men make hard times' cycle. It's standard of living, it's safety and ease. It's Ashurbanipal looking at the milk drinkers they conquered and telling his generals that is why they weren't settling down, because the ease of lifestyle would make them into milk drinkers.

  • @Harveevideos
    @Harveevideos 3 місяці тому +5

    Cellphones + social medias.

    • @spicywater123
      @spicywater123 3 місяці тому

      Thou shalt not make the unto thee any graven image.

  • @badgsdgaming3451
    @badgsdgaming3451 3 місяці тому

    The climate is fine.

  • @duncanmil1
    @duncanmil1 3 місяці тому

    Go look at the stats of people turning 65 that have no savings. Not discounting what you say about young peoples prospects.

  • @maxwaller2055
    @maxwaller2055 3 місяці тому +1

    😠 😡 😤 😣 *¡there are to many evil and extremely corrupt family-members and non-family-members!* 😠 😡 😤 😣 - 4:24 pm Pacific DayLight Savings Time on Friday, 21 June 2024 leap year