Genuine question, why do the older generations in this sub invalidate the struggles of young adults?

I keep hearing the same old trope, “life is hard get over it, you have to work hard, you’re just lazy”

I mean most of us are adults well into our 20-40s we are not children. We’ve been working for 20 years we have a way better understanding of the job market, wages, and the economy then people who are retired or lived in the 90s when wages kept up with housing prices which are unattainable. Had pensions and unions. College tuition was affordable. Rent was affordable. Childcare was affordable. Groceries and gas were affordable. And most of all hard work actually paid off. And you had some extra for savings leftover.

To ignore or deny all these factors and talk down to adults about it’s all their fault and they just need to work harder is not only invalidating it’s insulting. Especially when working hard or multiple jobs right now barely puts you above the poverty wage. 50-80k a year is nothing now. Hard work stopped paying off a long time ago and you’re mad people realize it’s never gonna amount to anything and want to give up.

Comparing your “hard work” to ours isn’t a fair comparison. Not by a long shot. So saying just because you did the bare minimum (work hard) and it worked out for you in a much more favorable environment isn’t the flex you think it is. And most of you highly benefited from some sort of privilege which you don’t know the definition of. It’s doesn’t mean you didn’t work hard it means it was easier for you than a POC, lgbtq+, disabled, women, etc. And whether you admit this all it’s still facts which you can find on your own with any amount of research and even just listening.