Millennial ambition was misunderstood as entitlement

Evidence

Yet this ambition created narrative contradictions: Millennials were both hard-charging strivers and “lazy, entitled narcissists,” stereotyped as demanding promotions and large salaries without paying their dues. What older adults didn’t understand, however, is that they were in a rush. — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 308

Categorization

• SEED: Angles for an essay on the ‘in a rush’ explanation — how precarity reframes generational-blaming narratives.