• slappypantsgo@lemm.ee
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    14 hours ago

    I totally agree with you that this is true, but I think it’s more a problem with reactionary thinking than anything else. The way I see it, the type of thinking that leads to reactionary comments is individualistic solutions to social and economic problems because you’re not allowed to question affordability.

    People of all ages pull this shit. I can’t count how many times some millennial on reddit made unwanted suggestions for a poor person’s budgeting or grocery purchases. It is obviously difficult for older folks to understand things they’re not experiencing, but I don’t think that’s the primary issue.

    Ask any traitor lunatic under 40 what to do about high prices, they’ll tell you exactly.

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      10 hours ago

      I definitely see this a lot. Any time someone complains about the unaffordability of life you get a swarm of people prying into their personal details desperately trying to figure out how that person’s situation is their own fault.

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        9 hours ago

        Exactly. I never want to hear from someone making >$300,000 that I should be eating lentils all week.