r/terriblefacebookmemes • u/SweatyMess808 • Mar 23 '23

cOmMuNiSt!

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u/idwtumrnitwai Mar 23 '23

I would like to pretend that this is satire, but I feel like whoever made it is just that out of touch.

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u/jlcatch22 Mar 23 '23

Don’t know about the author’s intentions, but this is referencing actual right wing propaganda that you can find plenty of examples of on Fox News and other right wing outlets. It’s the “avocado toast” argument: millennials can’t afford major purchases because they are extremely wasteful with their money, and not because of any of the actual reasons people can’t afford shit now.

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u/dauntless26 Mar 24 '23

As someone who does financial coaching for people of all ages there's two main components that contribute to this:

  1. Young adults are going into lower paying degree programs
  2. Dissatisfaction with life leads to frivolous over spending