Being in your early 20s during the economic crisis, would mean spending your early to mid career during the economic boom of the 2010s.

It would mean some harsh years at first, but it’s a good time to hit the market.

I remember being told I’d never be successful, or make as much money as my parents.

I only wish I hadn’t listened to those people so long.

People generally ascribe far too much importance to general market conditions when it comes to their individual success.

A good market helps you become a bog standard boring wage slave, maybe get a mortgage, etc.

The outsized success folks will go out and get what they need regardless, they aren’t waiting for it to come to them.

This hustle culture "get rich quick" mindset is such a societal disease.

Incredible that people would see the notion of having a moderately successful white collar career (maybe get a mortgage etc) as "boring wage slave".

As they are doing in huge numbers in Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Palestine,…

This is nonsense. Other than the local mafia, almost all extremely successful folk live in extremely affluent markets.

I am obviously not talking about failed states, market crashes in developed countries are usually at max a 25-50% setback.

Its no obvious. Check your cultural assumptions on an international forum when making sweeping statements that only apply to a small minority.

For your own credibility.