I nearly stopped reading after not meeting any of their stupid 'criteria' but glad I didn't. There does seem a general disenchantment with the future prospects of Gen Y (in the Western world) and this seems to have put into words the fuzzy ideas I was having myself.
It's essentially the Rags-to-Riches in 3 generations philosophy[0].
It's unfair to blame parents alone for raising this level of expectation however. Media has a very big part to play in this too. Zuckerberg, Rappers, Sports stars and Movie stars earn massively disproportionate amounts of money compared to their equivalent baby-boomer influences. This has been fuelled further by constant media exposure of these rich young people living the high life. You could argue these guys have talent and have worked hard to achieve there success.
But then we have TV Talent shows that promote the idea of average working-Joe/Jane making it big overnight just because people realise how amazing he/she is. This is completely different to the American Dream of old, whereby people achieve incredible wealth and success through hard-work. In this warped reality, other people recognise how 'special' people are and reward them with incredible life-styles, no hard work involved. The fact that this literally plays out on seemingly normal people on a daily basis further re-enforces the idea that everyone can make it big, they just need the right opportunity to come and find them.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 15.2 ms ] threadIt's essentially the Rags-to-Riches in 3 generations philosophy[0].
It's unfair to blame parents alone for raising this level of expectation however. Media has a very big part to play in this too. Zuckerberg, Rappers, Sports stars and Movie stars earn massively disproportionate amounts of money compared to their equivalent baby-boomer influences. This has been fuelled further by constant media exposure of these rich young people living the high life. You could argue these guys have talent and have worked hard to achieve there success.
But then we have TV Talent shows that promote the idea of average working-Joe/Jane making it big overnight just because people realise how amazing he/she is. This is completely different to the American Dream of old, whereby people achieve incredible wealth and success through hard-work. In this warped reality, other people recognise how 'special' people are and reward them with incredible life-styles, no hard work involved. The fact that this literally plays out on seemingly normal people on a daily basis further re-enforces the idea that everyone can make it big, they just need the right opportunity to come and find them.
[0] http://www.englishclub.com/ref/esl/Sayings/Quizzes/Mixed_2/R...