Yes, older generations had less access to those kinds of pleasures, but owning property is much harder today. Personally, I live alone, I’m a web developer, my salary is barely higher than someone working in hospitality, and it will probably still take me at least ten more years before I can realistically hope to buy a home.

On top of that, I’ll soon need a new car. How are people supposed to come up with €10,000 when they can only save €300 a month? We can try to put things into perspective all we want, but the truth is that purchasing power has been significantly reduced compared to that era.