My immediate response would be: "Do you pay more than minimum wage?"
Mine would be, "are you worth more than minimum wage ?"
If so you will climb the ladder to what you are worth.
The millenials seem to think you start out at the top so you can afford a $3k apartment and live large like the Jones's.
But when Mom & Pop's money runs out along with government aid (Socialism) they have a melt down and don't know how to feed themselves.
I lived with four other people and ate a lot of spaghetti when I first started out at minimum wage and it worked for me.
(May I add with NO FINACIAL HELP EVER from my parents or the government........it can be done "if" you want it)
Of course I don't have tattoo's, use drugs or abuse alcohol, have a $125 a month I-phone, two dogs and a cat, smoke a $70 carton of cigarettes a week, have cable t.v., air conditioning, a new leased car, professional manicures and eat all my meals out at restaurants either as they seem to think they are entitled to just because the Jones's live that way.
So what should they do?
Go get some of the unlimited free government help from the re hab. agencies to get off the drugs, clean themselves up in in home treatment, get a mental evaluation to get prescribed the right therapy and drugs and learn to live within their means.
Participation trophies brainwashed them into thinking everyone is equal. NOT !
A result of the system.
I do agree with you on that as that is how the millenials have been conditioned by the system that the Liberal Socialist Marxists propaganda promotes to destroy America's values with their political correctness.
The Liberal Media won't tell you that there are millions less people on food stamps since Trump took office because of his crack down and no one has starved to death yet now have they.