Comment on We compared the finances of 30-year-olds now, to 30-year-olds 30 years ago
Ilandar@aussie.zone 9 months agoThe phrase “perfect storm” doesn’t necessarily relate to luck, it just means many bad things have happened or are happening at the same time. Which pretty accurately describes the era millennials are living in.
Spendrill@lemm.ee 9 months ago
The bad things did not just happen, they were conscious choices or the inevitable consequences of those choices. I’m criticising the framing of this situation by the use of the passive voice in this subhead.
Ilandar@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Which the authors then go on to explain in further detail, following the introduction. It’s right there in the sentence you cherrypicked that phrase out from:
Spendrill@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Here’s my improved version:
An analysis of policy, formed by corporate interests and pushed upon the public in the 1980s, shows how it deprived the current crop of young adults of social housing, under-invested in public healthcare, enabled predatory lending practices, distorted the tax system so that a disproportionate amount fell upon the lowest three deciles of tax payers and hobbled unions while outsourcing manufacturing to the developing world causing earnings to plummet.
Ilandar@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Aaaaaaaaand breathe!