Of course this is intentional. You can’t blame older people because they didn’t get fucked as much as younger people. The entire system of higher education could Be responsible for half of this chart just because of the enormous push to go into life changing debt before they are 25. I’m gen x and I didn’t go To college, I started and own my own small business and have no trouble paying my bills and taking care of family. That’s not an accident that’s hard fucking work and not starting off with a useless degree.

Edit: also every older person I know worked their asses off when they were young and the current generation whines and complains about how unfair it is to have to mow the fucking yard.