America desperately needs a return to AMERICAN values.
More than half of Gen Zers want to be an influencer — 57% to be exact, according to a 2023 survey of 1,000 Zoomers — but content creators caution it’s not as lax as it seems.
“It’s just constant, Monday through Sunday,” TikTokker Hannah Williams told CNBC. “From the time you wake up to the time you go to bed, the internet’s on, so you’re on as well.”
The 27-year-old runs the popular account Salary Transparent Street, which boasts 1.4 million followers. After quitting her job in 2022 to pursue content creation full-time, Williams now rakes in a sizable $125,000 — but at what cost?
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Indeed. Kids regularly wanted to be Movie Stars, Athletes, Singers, Astronauts, and to a lesser extent Police Officers, Firefighters etc.
I can’t think of many kids who start out wanting to be a Plumber, Welder, Electrician or Construction Worker.
That’s the way of things. Kids start out with lofty dreams. And as life goes on. Interests change and reality sets in. For the vast majority of people they either give up on those Childhood Dreams or far less often events outside their control take the opportunity to achieve them away from them.
And they settle into being a Plumber, Store Manager, Welder, etc. Not glamorous or even necessarily fun work. But it’s a steady check.
The problem being. Many in Gen Z. Never quite gave up on those Childhood dreams to settle into the humdrum reality of adulthood. That older generations did.
Their parrents are probably facilitating it.....
Now that many are in harder times, hopefully they send them out to work a real job.
Undoubtedly. A lot in our culture promotes it. From Parents and Teachers telling kids they can be whatever they want to be.
Tired old Cliches like “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.”
Kids Movies about chasing Dreams etc.
No one likes the dismal reality of “You’re most probably going to statistically be one of countless Millions stuck doing a Job you either Hate. Or at best barely tolerate. Surrounded by people you may not like for 40-50 years. In order to keep food on the table and a roof over your family’s head. With scarce amounts of time to spend with friends, family, or doing things you actually like and want to do.”
And then you enjoy a decadel and some change of retirement if you’re lucky. And then you die. And your children repeat the same cycle.
The sad, shitty truth of the world we live in.