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Gen Z are over having their work ethic questioned: ‘Most boomers don’t know what it’s like to work 40+ hours a week and still not be able to afford a house’ (fortune.com)
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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In my day you had to put in the footwork, walking around until you found an unoccupied house and then that one was yours.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And before that, you'd just wait for the government to clear all the natives from an area, saunter over and plant a post with your name on it.

Land stealing is in American DNA

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Wait, I’m a native (at least of where I’m a citizen)! Should I be worried?