Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

Maybe the basic idea was simply wrong, that on a planet with finite resources and more and more people who compete ever more fiercely for them, there can be eternal growth? And that has only just really begun. Imagine if 3 billion Indians and Chinese came up with the idea of all wanting to live in a 150m² single-family house with underfloor heating, triple glazing, and a fancy fitted kitchen? With a double garage, 2 cars, pool in the garden...

A possible solution to the problem is actually in the hands of every builder today. Four people (average family) can also live wonderfully in 100 to 120 sqm. Complaining that the elderly are blocking the big houses, but building at least 180 sqm yourself is simply not smarter.

It's always the same debate with the same biting reflexes. Unfortunately, it leads nowhere.

The young people in 20 years will then tell us what they think about paying 30% into pensions plus at least the federal budget... namely nothing.

Because when young people no longer feel like working because even with the best job they won't

Excuse me? Where do you live? Why only in 20 years? What you correctly describe here is already the case NOW. Generation Z is already giving this state the middle finger NOW (and rightly so!!) You can see this because most no longer see any point in working full-time at all, and exactly for these reasons of lacking prospects. They are told to pay into a broken pension system from which they themselves will never benefit. How fair can that be? And the issue of ownership is also a thing. How is one supposed to manage that with the current prices? Because no matter if you’re young, you will never be able to pay it off and in today’s world with drastic crises/changes coming at the same interval there is no security anyway.

I can see it in myself. I am Generation Y (the generation before Z) and we are also fed up because we have no prospects like the Z’s. I have also decided to reduce my working hours next year because I've just had enough!

Maybe one should just let nature take its course. The human species is also subject to natural laws. And it is always the case that every population develops.

If a population degenerates, nature will ensure a healthy level again. That has always been the case and will remain so.

Whether humanity is reduced by famines, resulting wars, or plagues remains to be seen. Uncontrolled human growth will not happen.

Please no pity for the youth. They are currently ruining their future in every respect themselves. They have to face the consequences of their actions

Quite specifically: What have the 14-20 year olds done? Most of them haven’t even voted yet. Nevertheless, they are faced with the greatest challenges since the post-war reconstruction: climate change and its consequences, a completely neglected energy transition, an absolutely broken pension system (the federal budget is already massively subsidizing the pension fund). What can the youth specifically be blamed for? Tell me. When the course was set for these issues, most of them were, if at all, in kindergarten.

I personally can't imagine any incentive that would make me leave my property in which I have lived for decades... Sorry. Maybe others can

Cost pressure has already been mentioned. Large living space leads to large expenses, be it taxes, heating, or cleaning and maintenance. On top of that comes the massive loneliness. The good news on the topic of intergenerational justice is that this phase is only temporary. In 30 years the boomers will be dead. Then the houses will be empty and the situation in the social systems will stabilize. Until then it sucks. One must also ensure that this imbalance does not repeat itself because the real failure of the boomers (and the subsequent generation) is having too few children despite their high prosperity.