Posted: Mar 11, 2016 2:41 pm
infiniteentropy wrote:When I've seen it used it is normally a baby boomer that uses it and they seem to want to maintain the status quo, which pretty much means protecting their entitlement. Do millennials have a greater sense of entitlement than previous generations?
I think you could make a case that the generation with the biggest sense of entitlement is those in retirement now. There's a massive gap between what pensions (most) western countries can afford via pension contributions and what pension entitlements pensioners have. We're living in the aftermath of a pyramid scheme.
This is why pension ages are rising (especially for women). It seems slightly bizarre that someone who got a literal entitlement to retire at 60 would actually think someone who will have to work to 68, or even to 70 or beyond is entitled. To be fair, in my general experience they actually don't though.