• DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      I haven’t seen a generation fuck themselves harder than GenZ has fucked themselves.

      Guess that gives them practice for their OnlyFans accounts.

      They gonna learn the hard way.

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        4 months ago

        Speaking as a Millennial who has worked at several colleges;

        GenZ didn’t fuck themselves, they were fucked by GenX and older Millennials… AKA their parents and, to a certain extent, educators. Who, for some reason, decided to not pass on a single fucking skill they were taught as kids.

        Seriously I have been around people just 10 years or so younger than I am who cannot make change, read cursive or analog clocks, or even use a mouse.

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          Eh.

          I can’t look at how GenZ voted in the last election and pretend like they didn’t fuck themselves.

          I get that public education plays a role and that’s largely up to their seniors and government to provide, but self-education is also a thing and a lot, if not most, of what I know in life was through self-education. And in the year of our lord 2025 everyone has access to all human knowledge, so not self-educating is a failure on the individual’s part.

          You don’t have to be a genius to make smart decisions for yourself. You just have to have eyes and ears and use them responsibly.

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            I agree but I feel that you are missing the importance in being educated on how to learn. Having access to all of human knowledge means nothing if you don’t know what to do with it.

            The large majority of the people I am referring to in my previous comment seem to be allergic to learning or at least convinced that the learning part of their life is finished.

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      4 months ago

      I think it’s low key telegraphing “I do not care about pissing off constituents anymore because I have a firm control on all the electoral machinery now”

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    I’ve had to restart payments after a years long period of protest. They told me my loans were as good as done a while ago. I still have that email. But now they’re threating to garnish my wages, so I have no choice. Feels bad man. I never defaulted.

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    I have student loans and here’s whats happening to me. My loans are in forbearance. I applied to the SAVE plan but because Republicans hate everyone it was challenged and my loans set to forbearance. No interest is accruing and no payments due. My servicer sent me a letter stating that I have until June 2026 to change my plan but it should be in forbearance until then. SHOULD BE…

    Until next year I’m just paying it down when I can. Put up $2k last month. Still owe $68k. Gonna aggressively pay it off.

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    4 months ago

    good luck collecting

    minimum wage and other wages stagnated

    housing and food costs alone are more than average paychecks

    teachers make less than police in most places and other four-year degree jobs are not all high paying or available

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      Wage garnishing is a very useful tool for a government captured by cruel interests. Since it’s been decided student loan debt can never be forgiven, this is the only way to collect on that during the loaner’s lifetime. Basic food and housing be damned.

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        Okay but I remember reading something about them sending loan debt to collections… I’m not sure if that ever actually happened… But if they did… Then wouldn’t that mean you could get it wiped away?

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          Collections will never stop harassing these people, which actually is the point of this maneuver. Harassing those who are financially disadvantaged.