There are exceptions to everything dude. I didn't say everyone who came after boomers were lazy and uneducated. I'm simply saying that the system younger people are living is significantly harder than it was for boomers relatively, especially when they don't have someone like yourself helping their kids along both from a guidance and monetary standpoint. The world for a young person is not nearly as adventitious as it was once upon a time. Not saying young people can't or aren't successful and thriving, but the percentage doing so is way lower than when you were their age.
Okay, but you were/are talking about something different than what I was addressing, at least at the outset. My kids had some advantages, but most of them were the same as what I had been taught as a kid by my parents. Work hard, do well in school, play hard in sports, be nice, don't complain, make many friends, have some fun, and keep moving forward.
My view is somewhat different than yours. I feel there is still huge opportunity for kids/younger people who do what I was taught to do and what I taught my kids to do. And my view is that younger people have gotten big expectations, some good and some not good. Some have had it easy (not just because of money/wealth of parents). Some are entitled, and then can be disappointed when everything doesn't go their way. I've also read that that one big problem is that expectations of money/success have gotten into the heads of such a high percentage of younger people, that now there isn't enough room in the upper end and top for all of them. There's competition due to the numbers, and some younger people can't or won't compete.
As Roger Federer noted in his famous Dartmouth graduation speech, he won almost 80% of his matches and many Grand Slams, but he won only 54% of the points in matches. "Effortless" is a myth. When one is playing a point, the point is at that point in time the most important thing in the world. But lose it or win it, you need to move on to the next point. "It's only a point."
In my view, too many younger people don't want to earn their points and their matches. They think it is just going to happen or be given to them. The Colt Andersons and Marc Marianis of the world are not like that. Nor was I. If you stumble or get knocked down, get up and get moving forward again. If you start to see a brick wall, react and be a broken field runner and find another path.
And, in your case, don't complain that it was easier for me and Boomers and hard for you. Evaluate and deal with the situation and find your path forward to success, and happiness. And hope you are fortunate to have good or decent health.
Edit: I do agree that kids with affluent parents have advantages. Especially Anglo ones.
