Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

A completely unskilled engineer should have their degree taken away...

Apart from that, a completely absurd sense of entitlement has developed in the younger generations as well. After the war, my grandfather was happy to be able to build a house so that his family of four would have a roof over their heads. No one cared about parquet, Q3, or a garage back then, and the chimney was necessary because it was used for heating...

Why again with this unnecessary old tune about the supposedly demanding youth? Don’t you feel silly yourself?

Why again this unnecessary old tune about the supposedly demanding youth? Don't you feel silly yourself?

No, that's a fact.

Anyone who wants to build a house for 700,000 - 800,000 at the age of 30, turnkey and without much equity, can surely be accused of being a bit detached.

And it doesn't matter whether it's the latest iPhone, the newest Nike shoes, or the e-scooter. Our generation had to put in a lot for such things. Today it's taken for granted.

No question, times are changing. But some proportions have definitely shifted. And some have also forgotten where they actually come from. But I think that will settle down again.

Anyone who wants to build a house for 700,000 to 800,000 at age 30, turnkey and without much equity, can be assumed to be somewhat out of touch.

And it doesn't matter if it's the latest iPhone, the newest Nike shoes, or the e-scooter. Our generation had to put in a lot for such things. Today, it is taken for granted.

But dear sir! In other comments, it sounds as if only few losses of these opportunities logically necessarily lead to alternative politics because otherwise Germany will go down the drain. And now it’s suddenly exaggerated demands of the German young generation themselves? So what now? ("silly" was the perfect adjective here)

It should be undisputed that there have been major political mistakes in recent decades that urgently need correction.

The established old parties have failed to bring about a political and social turnaround. Now we are facing an enormous heap of broken pieces. This has nothing to do with the political fringes like AfD or BSW. It is simply the case.

The housing problem with tight housing markets, massive rent increases, explosion of construction costs, and ever-increasing ancillary costs has always been ignored. In addition, there is a significant surge in demand for housing fueled by mass migration.

This is social-political powder keg. Construction, especially of affordable !!! rental apartments, has collapsed just like the construction of single-family homes. The scarcity of building plots for housing has also led to significant price jumps. You can read about that here.

I myself am a landlord, and the demands made by socially weak citizens receiving welfare benefits are sometimes downright cheeky. Just as an example. And even when my 12-year-old daughter comes home from school and simply wants an iPhone 16.

In sum, so many problems have piled up in Germany that they can hardly be solved anymore. Society is far too ossified and above all mentally and morally dehydrated. As far as I’m concerned, people can continue to sugarcoat everything, fill talk shows with politically correct people, and keep playing a perfect world.

No, that is a fact. Anyone who wants to build a house for 700,000 to 800,000 at the age of 30, turnkey and without much equity, can be said to be somewhat detached from reality.

No, if he/she can do it, then it can be assumed that this person has worked extremely hard to get a great job with very good pay.

Just as an example. And even when my 12-year-old daughter comes home from school and just wants an iPhone 16.

And this is supposed to be regulated by the state? What does the state have to do with it? The state can decide which claims are legitimate, not who makes which claims. This also applies to tenants. That is your responsibility. Please don’t become mentally dehydrated at this point.

Society is much too crusty

Your own posts here are exactly the incarnation of crustiness: backwards-looking instead of progressive, emotional instead of rational, false facts instead of correct ones to justify your own emotional state – all from the armchair of a region that only knows most of the problems I experience here in the Ruhr area firsthand from second or third hand. You lament what you yourself stand for.