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Originally Posted by nomadking
What has home ownership to do with this? Under 21, on benefits and able to afford their own home.  |
It was a direct response to the claim that the young are somehow feckless and it's why they can't get on the housing ladder. I pointed out that every age group from the age of 54 downwards is falling off the ladder as a direct rebuttal.
It could also be asked what a good part of the posts have to do with it but I think it came down to the prejudice that is constantly spouted, almost invariably by those who have relatively little contact with this age group beyond the worst kind, that this generation is a disaster.
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Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents, chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers.
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That relate to this generation? Nope - it's a quote from Socrates, who died in 399 B.C.E, a mere 2,414 years ago.
As I said, viewing the young with contempt appears to be a long-standing tradition.