I agree with most of what this thread discusses but I also have to make a point re: "afford to live like adults" https://twitter.com/thenKTwrote/status/922533719327551489 …
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You see a lot of old photos of China (I'm thinking Mao and early post-Mao era) where everyone's riding bicycles instead of driving cars...
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...are those crowds of people not adults? They couldn't afford cars, sure, but I think they still count as adults
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They just happened to be adults in an economy which wasn't rich enough to allow most adults to own cars. Since then, China got richer...
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...meanwhile (it certainly feels as though) the USA has started getting poorer. Adulthood in a poorer economy is going to look different!
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The point I want to emphasize here is that it's backwards to think of adulthood as a set of creature comforts that can or cannot be afforded
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Adulthood is about living responsibly *regardless* of how rich or poor you are. It's a set of behaviors, not a set of goods!
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yes, I think the "adulthood as checklist of goods" mindset came from there, replacing "adulthood as pattern of behavior" mindset
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