If some oligarchs actually had some muzzles pointed their way we'd have gun bans in a day

Nothin gainst you op, but i fucking hate this shit.

First off: Bettridge's Law of Headlines means the article won't answer the question which always malds the fuck out of me. I can feel my hair itchin already.

Second:

small shifts in beliefs and behaviors that could help.

Here we go with the victim blaming again. These articles are always the same:

It's not our soul crushing society that's to blame, dear smart and mature reader; that's ludicrous. Let us adults discuss the young people and how they need an attitude adjustment to better fit this world as we, the mature, have done. Let's talk to some "experts", as if we couldn't just interview gen Z directly! (Cant trust kiddos to know what's best for them)

But maybe I'm wrong! Time to dive in and see.

the decline in young adult well-being has coincided with two large trends. The first is a rise in economic inequality, which has left millions of young people in a state of relative precarity.

Well, no shit. not having money to go out and blow off steam makes life a sad and empty thing. Glad the article is gonna talk bout real shit! Maybe i was wrong! Let's keep reading!

The second is a media ecosystem—both social and legacy—that inundates us with negative information.

Oh. Oh no. This is the actual focus huh? Tell young people to ignore a "media ecosystem" of "negative information"? Uh, excuse me while I

<gestures broadly>

There's a lot of real scary shit out there homie, shit happening right now, and you want them/us to just... ignore it? This ass is actually implying we're imagining things are worse than they are? Telling young people and the reader to put blinders on? Go out n have some fun?

This article boils down to a meme

Fuck off Skinner

Some dorks in this thread are the perfect example of who potential protesters need to ignore.

I brought up "truckers blocking highways and important intersections" to my very good (but desperately clueless) friend. Violence free, requires few bodies, historically effective.

He said "but what about the people they inconvenience?"

I'm like dude. Inconvenience to power is. the. point.

I love him but he's a fool, guy thinks protests are people smiling and holding clever signs.

Sad thing is he's representative of a lot of people.

They'll be happy when things are better but idgaf about asking their advice. They don't read history, the closest theyll get to a protest is the news coverage, and they'll never be satisfied with less than some impossible dream of a "immaculate conception protestation"

So like, fuck em

I'd venture the problem's more the rich "landowners" took over both the voting apparatus (so voters only get to vote between reps the landowners approve of) and that the landowners also own the news, the best means to disseminate that information (keeping voters from ever understanding the level of power those landowners wield)

What. THE.

FUCK.

I swear to gawd not all yanks are as twisted as that cat. Tho i and most do only speak yankity hahaha

Lol you don't even live here come talking bout my politics boyo! get yer own house clean and shut yer fool mouth

It’s about time.

To find the One Piece

Yeah! Thanks!

Lookit that face, just being there all UNpunched

That spill in Alaska, what was it called? So long ago i was a kiddo, don't think that money got collected neither. It effin nuked the town which relied on fishing iirc, and the company just... Never paid. Shit, what was it called?

Anyway this will be the same.

Sounds like avocado toast-ian blame-shifting to me. Just like the rest of these pieces, they ignore the obvious, horrible conditions of life, and choose to tut-tut at the abused for 'improperly' using their free time.

just like the avocado toast shit, the translation of these pieces is broadly:

Look away, reader, from the terrible low wages, high cost of living, and soul-crushing work hours japanese people are forced to endure. Focus your attention on these 19% of young people, who don't know any better, who you are better than. Laugh at these losers who admit that one time they almost couldn't cover their expenses!!

Let's look at the article.

Interestingly enough, while these results indicate that the popularity of in-game transactions may be increasing, the average amount of money spent on them is actually decreasing.

Hmm, could it be the actual problem is the immense increases to CoL young (and all) people have been under? I wonder why the article doesn't even bring it up? So curious 🤔

Oh well. So like, how much money are we talking about on gacha? How much are these 19% of young folks spending? Must be a ton eh?

Article doesn't say, but we do get these numbers

In 2024, young people spent an average of around 5,138 yen ($35.85 USD) on microtransactions per month while this year’s survey results state that the average amount of money spent on microtransactions is 4,247 yen ($29.63 USD) per month.

So it's not a lot, not really. I say again, this article is slop created to take your eyes away from the real problems of the world and victim blame the ones suffering under them.

Well, no you're not really an ally yet, far as i can tell. Fix your head. "Trannies" sheesh son

Edit for the thread: probably best to just block this cat, they're clearly enjoying themselves

Can we please put a pause on the focus on social inclusion, and focus on defeating the fascists trying to own the world?

One does not preclude the other. There is energy for both inclusion and revolution.

In fact, revolution is inclusion, is mutual-aid, etc. It's a requirement. For every person "fighting" there are 10 more people supporting the people and the community that fascism and its shrinking safety nets leave behind

Oh, i love this

I guess your name means nothing. Having concepts explained shouldn't make you this hostile hahaha! What a fuggen debatelord omg 😂

I think it was a typo in the article, which made me think of this

The whole idea behind "Supply and demand" require that "demand" can fluctuate as readily as "supply".

Shelter does not fit the narrow confines of the econ101 S&D concept; as shelter from the elements is a necessity, and so demand does not fluctuate.

But you are correct about S&D existing in the market as it currently stands. Problem is, "the housing market" has moved fully away from a "market of shelter". It is driven by speculators who hold vast swaths of property and treat these items as a commodity, not shelter. "Shelter seekers" compete with each other and with speculators in this "commodities market" but "Shelter Seekers" are not the driving force of demand, their demand is static.

So you're right in the sense that supply and demand exists for the current "housing market", but the S&D are held and driven by and for speculators, it is not a shelter seekers market.