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We hit one third of boomers being dead in the last few days. (lemmy.world)

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[–] Sorgan71@lemmy.world -4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

millenials and gen z have far more purchasing power than anyone in human history. The problem is that purchasing power for specific things, like housing, has not experienced the same general trend. But the average person can buy more, say, tvs than people even in the 90s could.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

And everyone magically has an iPhone. Those poor privileged genz