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Hi. The American job market, especially for young people, has changed drastically since the 1980s. Does that mean it’s all Reagan’s fault, or just mostly Reagan’s fault?

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Why Can’t Gen Z Find A Job? - PATREON

Hi. The American job market, especially for young people, has changed drastically since the 1980s. Does that mean it’s all Reagan’s fault, or just mostly Reagan’s fault?

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Joanna Davis

I'm gen X - lost my job in June. I've had 2 interviews since - 16 years experience as a designer

SBWizard

I will never watch black phone

Kim

This was such a satisfying episode to watch!! Thank you for putting together such a concise explanation of why things are the way they are now.

M D

Yeah but... Sigourney.

Gabrielle VanDuser

My partner has been unemployed for almost a year now

strawBarry

Please don't lump Gen-X in with Boomers, I beg of you. I've been watching them pull up ladders in front of me my entire life, with the next being the insolvency of social security, which will run out exactly as I retire. I have a Gen-Z daughter and have total sympathy for their situation. But it's also important to note that neither Millenials nor Gen-X can get jobs right now either. I have 30 years in the tech industry, and nobody will hire me. I even had to debase myself by interviewing with an actual AI. Do you know how disheartening it is to be rejected by a computer, when I've been working on them my whole life? The system is broken. Capitalism is broken. The center cannot hold.

Lucy

Reagan thumbnail jumpscare it's too fuckin' early in the morning/afternoon/evening/life

Seth Barnard

I, stupidly, left my job in January of this year, due to burnout. Have had several interviews for jobs I’m qualified for, but can’t get anything. I’ve been trying to force myself to learn some programming languages, but I’m not sure that’s viable nowadays. Even if I could learn them, not sure if the job search would be any different. Wondering if pursuing tech at all is worth it.

BlackOpMercy

We can all agree that Lore is the fuckable robot and Data is the bizarro sibling, right? I’m not alone on this, right? RIGHT!?!

The Green Way

Please God do more of the "what if" segment. It should be in every episode. We know things are shitty and appreciate the research you put into explaining their origin. But everyone is sorta burnt out of that and we need you to talk about how things could not be super shifty. Don't you want the world where the news is giving you ideas of how you can make things better instead of just reporting the bad stuff? Be the vanguard in smart improvement media.

Steven Smith

"wooooooooorgy!" When I heard this, I almost spat coffee on my cat.

Steve Snyder

Very good episode! I would share it with my Gen Z son, but he doesn’t really like to listen or watch things recommended to him by older people.

Cal

"Go to school or you will be flipping burgers" is exactly what I heard in my youth 😅.

Beutimus

Whoopi Goldberg's comment has me feeling so confused. So confused, I had to try 5 times to write that last sentence. XD

that.lotus.thing

The whole "expecting a job on a silver platter" line is so stupid. I and my peers train multiple for years for a specific profession. It's perfectly reasonable to want to do that specific profession while having enough money to meet baseline needs.