“Thanks for sending essentially everything to china for cheap labor to profit a little more.
“Pretty sure Generation X (my generation) was in that “poorer than our forebears” boat before you.
“I honestly think most of us “Gen X” — folks are used to being ignored. Not to try to speak for most of the others, I spent my youth going to half-empty schools and using anything “left over” (books, equipment, cars, buses) from the hordes that came before. I think many of us got used to watching TV shows for grown-ups as kids, watching kids shows as grown-ups (which all parents do) and similar. I was in college during the economic booms, and looking for jobs during the busts. Timing-wise and trend-wise, Gen X is in a bad spot.