According to the central bank, those born between 1981 and 1996, better known as Millennials, control only 4.6% of the wealth in the country even though they make up the majority of the workforce, with around 72 million people.
While it is not unusual for younger people to accumulate
Agree that comparisons like the one you’ve described are helpful, and soften the blow of this thread’s headline, but they shouldn’t be used as an excuse, as they do show a rather disappointing generational wealth gap:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/12/03/precariousness-modern-young-adulthood-one-chart/
Yeah as I said it still doesn’t look good, but having generations fighting each other is still just a way to not have us fight the people who truly are responsible. I’m sure the majority of boomers wouldn’t be happy to see that their kids and grandkids are getting poorer and poorer, they’re just getting manipulated into indirectly voting for that (just like people from all generations are).
All that to say, fuck you Reagan.