Boomer dads really built their entire personality around “I worked hard and figured it out.”


Cool.
You also:
Bought a house on one income at 26.
Paid $400 a semester for college.
Got a job with benefits straight out of high school.
Had a pension waiting at the end.
Paid $90 a month for health insurance.
Filled up a tank for $18.
Raised a family on one salary and still took a vacation every summer.
You didn’t just work hard.
You worked hard in an economy that was designed to reward hard work.
We work hard in an economy designed to extract it.
Same effort. Completely different machine.
But sure dad.
Tell me again about your bootstraps.
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