If the previous generations hadn't shipped our manufacturing, technology, and money out of country, the current young generation might be holding down high paying jobs and paying off their student loans.
I know about the self righteous kids who got into debt for their degrees in "homosexuality in homo sapiens studies" and they get no sympathy from me. However, others did what they were supposed to do. They got training in tech jobs, only to have those jobs shipped out of the country. That wasn't their doing.
For “young” generations thinking more of the nation than themselves, see post 7.