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I'd feel sorry if most understood what sacrifice actually means. If you want to get out of debt, make actual sacrifices instead of blaming it on everything else. Nothing comes easy. Gen Z people have a sense of entitlement and "don't understand how to manage money."
How bout stop being children and educate yourselves on what it means to budget (oh, you weren't taught how to do it in school? Pull up your favorite media consuming app and look it up); what the dollar's actual value is; what it means to not eat fucking fast food every day (know how to make a sandwich and pack some fruits, meal prep?). How about stop relying on credit thinking its your money while paying the banks the interest you accrue by keeping a balance on your cards (look on your latest credit card and see how much money you've given to the banks just to have a "sense of security" through credit, hah) Or buying a vehicle that's 30% or more of your net income. COME ON!
Stop blaming the world and make it yours.
Or join the military, its actually got all of the facets of turning children into adults... You'll earn financial freedom through many sacrifices. It definitely will flush out the wannabes and "cant-get-rights."
Or, you know, just blame everything else and get nowhere. 👍
What a shitty take. New, systemic problems put upon young people do exist and they cannot be explained away by your retelling of the tired "just stop buying avocado toast" bullshit.