We do not inherit houses. We do not inherit stability. We do not inherit certainties.
We inherit climate debt, broken pensions and a labor market designed to squeeze us. And yet, we are asked to be optimistic.
The Myth of Meritocracy
We were sold that with hard work we would get there. That studying guaranteed a future. That hard work would open doors. The reality is different: we have more education than any previous generation and less purchasing power than our parents at our age.
The numbers don’t lie. A 30-year-old in 2025 has 60% less wealth than someone of the same age in 1990, adjusted for inflation. It’s not a lack of effort. It’s a system designed to extract value, not distribute it.
Housing as a symptom
The price of housing is the perfect thermometer of this crisis. In big cities, buying an apartment requires 15 years of full salary. Thirty years ago, it was 4.
It is not a problem of supply and demand. It is a problem of concentration of wealth. The brick has become the refuge of capital, not the roof of families.
What we can do
First, stop accepting the rules of a rigged game. Second, organize. Third, propose real alternatives.
This blog was born for that: to think out loud, question the established and build solid arguments. No inheritance does not mean no future. It means that we will have to invent our own future.
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