pretty sure young adults are reporting lower life satisfaction across whole Europe considering toxic (social) media, youth unemployment and high cost of living (especially housing)
but yeah, it would be great to see comparison with country which has much less immigrants compared to Sweden like Finland (or Poland), Finland seems like great comparison
also for people unfamiliar with situation in Sweden, this movie is great to illustrate what's happening there - Play (2011) and situation in the last 15 years got only worse than it already was when they shot the movie
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1376717/
This is one of those topics where everyone is going to insert their personal bête noire as the cause. "Tech, the economy, culture, immigrants, loss of religion, corruption, polarization, capitalism, socialism!". I actually really like threads like this, since it's a good way to get a pulse on what the different discontentment topics are at any given time.
Sweden is such an interesting country. Arguably peak gender equality, but also child assassins and bombs right now. I hope they can sort out their issues.
> In Sweden and other parts of the Western world, for example, recent findings point to a widening intergenerational gap where older adults report increasing well being while younger individuals experience notable declines
So it is just a case of older people pulling the ladder up behind themselves.
I'm older now, work with a lot of great young peers. Their lifestyle though at that age is nothing like mine was. I worked through school (admittedly because I wasn't very good at school). My first real jobs just barely paid for everything. First apartment was pretty, spartan. Eating out or going out was infrequent. I liked sports, but when I did go to sporting events I was in the cheap seats on the cheap food promotion night.
That's not the lifestyle I see today. I don't blame younger folks for wanting it, it's shown to them everywhere. But the expectations are different and living them has financial consequences too.
Chronic housing shortage, peak social competition, education and labor cratering in value, inability to find a job despite advanced degrees, above average salaries that don't pay the cost of living, "once in a lifetime crisis" after crisis, art(cinema, music, etc) in decline, politically deadlocked society... The list is long.
I always find it funny to read the statistics about how life has never been easier when society is in clear disarray and the opportunities that existed just a few decades ago simply evaporated.
Scratch the surface a little bit and it’s always comes down to housing/living costs.
More than enough work out there actually pays well in isolation to live a decent full life, it’s just relatively local housing costs it probably sucks.
And not just for young people. We’re fully in an environment where how good and flexible your life is is highly dependent on when you bought a home, or if you own a home.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 35.8 ms ] threadThe actual title of the paper: "Flourishing in Sweden: Great overall — but not for all"
But the poster clearly knows what kind of title makes a post fly.
They blamed social media for Americans.
but yeah, it would be great to see comparison with country which has much less immigrants compared to Sweden like Finland (or Poland), Finland seems like great comparison
also for people unfamiliar with situation in Sweden, this movie is great to illustrate what's happening there - Play (2011) and situation in the last 15 years got only worse than it already was when they shot the movie https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1376717/
So it is just a case of older people pulling the ladder up behind themselves.
I'm older now, work with a lot of great young peers. Their lifestyle though at that age is nothing like mine was. I worked through school (admittedly because I wasn't very good at school). My first real jobs just barely paid for everything. First apartment was pretty, spartan. Eating out or going out was infrequent. I liked sports, but when I did go to sporting events I was in the cheap seats on the cheap food promotion night.
That's not the lifestyle I see today. I don't blame younger folks for wanting it, it's shown to them everywhere. But the expectations are different and living them has financial consequences too.
So just avoiding the truth does the trick
I always find it funny to read the statistics about how life has never been easier when society is in clear disarray and the opportunities that existed just a few decades ago simply evaporated.
More than enough work out there actually pays well in isolation to live a decent full life, it’s just relatively local housing costs it probably sucks.
And not just for young people. We’re fully in an environment where how good and flexible your life is is highly dependent on when you bought a home, or if you own a home.