• dhork@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    I read the article, and they make a good point, or would if they weren’t so out of touch. Yes, young people need to demonstrate that they can accomplish tasks toward a goal, and being employed in any capacity can help to demonstrate that. (I’ll go one step further and state that everyone should work in a retail or service job at some point in their lives, just to learn how those folks are treated.)

    But, they make it sound like the young people don’t want to hustle, and just want everything handed to them. As far as I can tell, these people are hustling and looking for work, but these same billionaires are building a system that is eroding all those jobs for young people. And not just the professional jobs for college grads, but these same McJobs that Mark Cuban and Jeff Bezos says these folks should be working. All those jobs are evaporating, due in no small part to the empire folks like Cuban built.

    So, I wouldn’t be surprised if those young people just cry “OK, Unc” and ignore him, while simply continuing to try to survive.

  • Skyrmir@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    When you compare applicant pool to acceptance rate, getting a job at McDonald’s is far more difficult than being accepted to Harvard.

  • Talcosis@lemmy.zip
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    15 days ago

    Eh, he’s right. If you don’t have a job and are not independently wealthy, any job is better than no job.