In an online argument I read last night a young man was furious at how difficult the economy is for young people now, citing familiar statistics about housing costs (new houses were 1/3 the size in the 1960s) and wages (exclusive of benefits, the much smaller percentage of people working at that level, and more) and college costs.
He fell into a trap laid by an older person who partly agreed with him, stressing deterioration of services by cheap bastard companies trying to gouge us. He described the amazing meals and service in airplanes compared to what they served now, and how little space we have. There was an exchange of agreement.
"So how was your last flight?"
The boy bit, and complained about a transatlantic flight last year.
The older man: "I didn't even go up in a plane until I was 41, and not to another country for ten years after that. Yeah, life is tough for young people now."
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