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The Laziest Generation in American History (Part Two)
A few weeks ago I wrote an article entitled The Laziest Generation in American History. The article quoted facts about the 20–24 age cohort (Gen-Z) that were, shall we say, less than flattering.
The gist of the article is that the labor participation rate for Gen-Z fell by almost 10% between 1996 — 2016. That’s the equivalent of 6.7 million able bodied men and women opting out of the workforce.
Further, only 73% of the Gen-Z population are even trying to find work. It’s alarming considering that this is the same age cohort that saved the free world from Adolph Hitler during WWII.
I opined that the culprit for these alarming statistics is laziness. But, the contributing factor to their laziness is a combination of video games, fruit-flavored weed gummies, Netflix, Robinhood and DraftKings mobile betting. That made people mad. Really, really mad.
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Many of these kids have just “checked out”. Simply refused to participate in life. They seem to be perfectly happy living a life of premium mediocrity. And they’re doing this during a period of record economic growth. You…
