I'm starting to think that the way things worked is that older people realize that the best way to get ahead is to exploit younger inexperienced workers who don't yet know their own value and power, whether it's as employees or through being a landlord rentier.
That doesn't work so well anymore when the young can build their own web business without any of the contacts and wisdom required before. My generation (x) are going to have to keep working a lot longer.
And so is theirs since there is only so much space for successful businesses and so many of them fail. It's even worse because small, nimble companies can do the jobs of many companies now so you have to be even better to succeed and stay on top.
That doesn't work so well anymore when the young can build their own web business without any of the contacts and wisdom required before. My generation (x) are going to have to keep working a lot longer.