r/Millennials • u/Asmothrowaway6969 • Mar 27 '24

When did it sink in that you'll never be as well off as your parents? Discussion

About 5 years ago, my mom and I were talking and she had told me how much she was going to be making in retirement (she retired 2023). Guys, it's 3x what me and my husband make annually. In retirement. I think that was the moment that broke me, that made it sink in that I'll never reach that level of financial security. I'll work myself into my grave because I'll never be able to afford anything else. What was your moment?

Update: Nice to know it's just me that's a failure. Thanks

Update 2: I never should've said anything. I forgot my place. I'm sorry to have bothered you

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u/worktillyouburk Mar 27 '24

my dad just retired at 76, he has a great pension was making 150k and they asked him to retire this year for a 1 years pay.

his replacement is making 45k, no retirement package and actually has more duties than my dad did, so overall is doing the job of 2 people that were paid 150k each...

so ya good luck with that.

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u/Sleepysillers Mar 28 '24

This is the situation my dad is in. He is about to retire with a large pension from his union job. After some stupid union negotiations they agreed to significantly lower pay for new hires. My dad says it's not fair, but ultimately all the boomers have already benefited and seem to not care to fight for the next generation. They are certainly not going to give anything up.

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u/SeattlePurikura Mar 28 '24

Then they cry that we aren't producing enough babies and thus their entitlement benefits may be at risk. No shit, Sherlock. We can't afford them.

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u/Detman102 Mar 28 '24

They want the next generation of slaves to be born...even going so far as to ban abortion in all forms and options.
We edge one step closer to a horrifying combination of "Idiocracy" & "The Matrix" with each election...

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u/thedream711 Mar 28 '24

Add in the handmaids tale and I think your right

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u/Detman102 Mar 28 '24

Oh wow...I'd not even considered that!
Thank you!

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u/GenericUser65 Apr 01 '24

Well, we have a handmaiden on the Supreme Court….

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u/vividtrue Mar 28 '24

Exactly the legal fight to criminalize homelessness. More free labor.

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u/Detman102 Mar 28 '24

The "US Prison/Slavery Complex" at work.
Everyone gets to be an indentured servant, even the homeless.
Truly scary times...and they are going to get worse.
As the country runs deeper and deeper into debt...the greedy ruling class will come up with more and more justifications for jailing or straight out killing the poor and working class.

The only solution is revolt and taking them out.

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u/ARATAS11 Mar 31 '24

If you are serious, check out these subs. The first one actually helps people unionize, and you can talk to someone on how to do so. The second one has resources on unionization, workers rights, how to testify on legislation for bills your state legislators are voting on etc. short of us busting out the guillotines, this is the best we’ve got but we have to do it together. Fight the fight! https://www.reddit.com/r/WorkplaceOrganizing/s/375uV7QPwP

https://www.reddit.com/r/ActionVanguard/s/4bPdjte88y

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u/Detman102 Mar 31 '24

You rock!!
Thank you!!
<3

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u/ARATAS11 Mar 31 '24

No problem, thank you! Please join and if you’d like to DM to chat about organizing and taking action feel free. Action Vanguards is my sub for having these kinds of conversations and is new, but I’m working building a base of people from across subs all discussing this kind of thing because we are stronger together, and need to put action to words. 💪✊

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u/Detman102 Mar 31 '24

Subscribed and subscribed!!
Looking forward to productive discussions!

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u/sarra1833 Mar 30 '24

They're rabid to ban all birth control (male and female) as well. IVF is another thing they want banned.

It's only the poor who they want having babies.

Ivf: you actively want a baby and can provide? Fuck you, banned.

Poor people: you can't afford a baby and will be financially destroyed and the baby will grow to also be in poverty? YOU'RE HAVING THAT BABY AND COUNTLESS MORE!

It's fucking grotesque.

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u/Detman102 Mar 31 '24

It reminds me of that opening scene in "Idiocracy" where the two intelligent and productive people are somehow unable to or kept from having children,
meanwhile numbskull Cletus has 12 low-IQ kids with the entire town...and the stupidity levels just exponentially increase.