>>64372184
it was much the same back then.
how else do you think I'M familiar with my GRANDdad's house?
>>64372189
there is something to what you say. in the corporate world we are growing concerned with the phenomenon of managers managing managers managing managers managing the actual line staff, picrel. it started off as a good thing - there are actual efficiencies and profits you can squeeze from such setups - but in tight economic conditions the juice is no longer worth the squeeze.
it's also true that there is a major issue with education standards and qualification inflation. TL;DR, as high school transcripts become of less use than toilet paper, and universities turn into woke degree mills, employers have no choice but to turn to higher qualifications to sift the intelligent and hardworking from the fine upstanding graduates of no-fail policy schools.
that being said, this is partly due to legitimate work intensification.
my boomer granddad for example secured a good job simply by being multi-lingual and personally charismatic; this made him management material. my mum however needed to be a typist and earn a diploma. me and my millennial mates? we have MBAs trying to get management jobs.
the modern job scope requires 21st century managers to deal with far more complex issues and be a lot more knowledgeable than my granddad.
(you can't whip the niggers into compliance anymore, bwana)
anyway.
the point is, houses AND their contents nowadays are generally of better quality and comfort. in exchange for enjoying this, we need to pay more, proportionately. we should adjust our expectations accordingly.
(my granddad also never holidayed in a foreign country more than 3 or 4 times, I think. and once again, he was considered a prosperous small businessman, not salaried staff. compare that against current holiday spending patterns.)
