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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 8 Sep 2020

      5/ Society keeps climbing upwards. Wagon wheels are reinvented, water wheels are built, looms and glass kilns. It is now 40 years after The War and life is MUCH better than it was a mere 20 years after the war. Gen One owns 70% of the wealth Gen Two owns 30% of the wealth

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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 8 Sep 2020

      6/ Question: Would you rather be a member of Generation One at 20 years after The War, living under lean-tos built of wreckage, and planting corn with a sharp stick BUT OWNING 100% OF SOCIETAL WEALTH ... or ...

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 8 Sep 2020

      7/ ...would you rather be born into Generation Two, living in a simple house with a fireplace, glass windows, and using plows pulled by horses to plant your corn? On the down side you only own 30% of the societal wealth. (OTOH, in a few yrs Gen On passes & you inherit wealth)

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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 8 Sep 2020

      8/ OR, behind door number three is Generation Three. You are born 40 years after the War, you grow up with tractors planting the crops, you work 6 days a week, not 7, you can attend school and learn to read ... Or Generation Four...

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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 8 Sep 2020

      9/ PERCENT of generational wealth is a bull-!@# metric. It has the effect of "penalizing" a generation (on paper, at least) for being born into a wealthy society.

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    6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 8 Sep 2020

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      10/ Tedious nit pick. The entire thread, starting with the OP, is abstracting away intra-generational differences, and by diving into this you muddy the discussion that's actually going on. https://twitter.com/amurshak/status/1303324683627106306 …

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    7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 8 Sep 2020

      11/ "This apple pie recipe requires two pounds of apples and one pound of flour" YES, BUT NOT ALL APPLES ARE THE SAME SIZE. I know. I know. But that's totally irrelevant to the point being discussed.

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    8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 8 Sep 2020

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted BitterApplesauce

      12/ Nothing in my argument addresses the power of envy. I am merely criticizing the data presented.https://twitter.com/bitterclinger4e/status/1303325116407971842 …

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      BitterApplesauce @bitterclinger4e
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      Your point is solid, but i think you underestimate the power of envy.
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    9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 8 Sep 2020

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Jakethecrazy 🦬

      13/ Agreed, but orthogonal to my point.https://twitter.com/Jakethecrazy19/status/1303330374689357824 …

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      Jakethecrazy 🦬 @Jakethecrazy19
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      Millennials went to college to get degrees in careers that either don’t exist or don’t pay very well
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    10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 7 Oct 2020

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Señor Bob

      14/ this is another good point: if generation N has low consumption and high savings, and generation N+1 or N+2 has the reverse, the latter generations will never accumulate wealth ... EVEN IF THEIR INCOMES ARE HIGHER !https://twitter.com/Bobthewelding1/status/1313846236190068737 …

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      Señor Bob @Bobthewelding1
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      Back in their day they just pulled themselves up by the bootstraps and saved all their generational wealth.
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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 7 Oct 2020

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Jason Steiner

      15/ I don't care if it "flies". I analyze facts, I don't pander to demographics.https://twitter.com/ernunnos/status/1313856112312057858 …

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      Jason Steiner @ernunnos
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      I don't think "You're just being, penalized on paper" is going to fly with Gen-X and Millennials. Boomers weren't exactly scratching out furrows with sticks.
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        1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 7 Oct 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Wyrm Hatcher

          16/ average US HOUSEHOLD income in 1977 was $13,570; so that wage number is nonsense. use inflation tools: $55k house = $235k (check) $13k = $58k (check) avg house size 1977 = 1660 ft^2 in 2020 = 2,687 ft^2https://twitter.com/Wyrm_00_/status/1313864121625047040 …

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          Wyrm Hatcher @Hatcher_Wyrm
          In 1977, avg house cost 55k, factory work paid 15-20k, new car was 5k, college was 3k year. This situation was made possible by State intervention in markets (protectionism) & organized labor movements. Boomer wealth is entirely product of early/cheap home ownership https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1303322451087163393 …
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        2. Jason Steiner‏ @ernunnos 7 Oct 2020
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          The fact is your example has nothing to do with what actually happened. Boomers were born into a functioning country with a great economy. Everybody else, not so much. This distribution reflects a nation in decline, not an expansion.

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        3. random_scrub‏ @random_scrub 7 Oct 2020
          Replying to @ernunnos @MorlockP

          That’s possible! But we need more data than is contained in this one graph to tell that story convincingly. Too many possible explanations here.

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