Doesn't anyone ever think that the truth might be somewhere in the middle?
You absolutely have to be self-motivated, aggressive and work really hard in order to really make it big today. This is a 1099, work for yourself world we now live in.
On the flip side, things have changed a whole lot in a few short years. Not everyone can or should be a self-starting entrepreneurial millionaire. It doesn't work. Some people are just not cut out for it and there needs to be a "general population" of workers to consume the work we all produce.
It's easy to say that kids today are pussies and lazy, and many of them are, but I'm also not sure what they should be doing with their time. Not a whole lot of jobs at Blockbuster video any more. The once-packed shopping mall in my city is now half-vacant.
The limited manufacturing we have in my area doesn't hire unskilled workers to sweep the floors for $10 an hour, they hire back the people who used to run the machines first.
What should an average person with average intelligence and average drive aspire to do these days? Be a real estate agent? Travel agent? I book on Expedia and found my house on an online MLS.
Bank teller? I haven't been to the bank in over 6 months. I do it all online and now I can even deposit my checks by taking a picture of them with my smartphone.
When I was growing up, I worked part-time at a video store for a while (renting VHS tapes) and part-time at a PRINT newspaper. If I was 15 or 16 and looking for an introductory, low-skill job... I don't know what I'd do.
Also... if I had access to PornHub at 15, I think my dick would have broken off.
