Junge Menschen sehen weniger Win-Win-Situationen als ältere Menschen. Nullsummenüberzeugungen gehen davon aus, dass andere scheitern müssen, wenn einer erfolgreich ist. Ältere Erwachsene sind im Durchschnitt auch finanziell besser abgesichert als jüngere, was zu diesem altersbedingten Unterschied beitragen kann.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/ulterior-motives/202602/young-people-see-fewer-win-win-situations-than-older-people
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**Young People See Fewer Win-Win Situations Than Older People**
Research explores age differences in beliefs that situations are zero-sum.
KEY POINTS
Zero-sum beliefs assume that if one person succeeds, others must fail.
There are differences between people in how likely they are to see the world as zero-sum.
New research suggests that older adults are less likely to view the world as zero-sum than younger adults.
This difference has implications for well-being and support of policies.
The authors argue that as people get older, they get better at identifying elements of situations that may lead to win-win situations, and so they may be better at seeing that not all situations are zero-sum than are younger people. In addition, there is some evidence that the more secure your resources are, the more you may see situations as win-win. **On average, older adults are also more financially secure than younger ones, which can contribute to this age-related difference**.
For those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:
https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fxge0001859
I wonder how much that is connected to the grim job market that has permeated most of the 2020s.
The reality for many is that they are constantly competing with others their age in a situation where there is no win-win. If someone gets a job, it is because dozens, or even hundreds of others were turned down.
Nowadays many young people are being forced into „gig economy“ jobs as well, which don’t offer the same stability and loyalty that a conventional position might (Nevermind the fact that salaried positions aren’t particularly reliable either.) They are being placed into systems where they compete directly with others for the opportunity to put food on the table.
It also seems like a lot of younger people have only seen things get worse over their lives while older people have seen it get better. Could it be a generational effect?
Salaries haven’t gone up as much as the cost of living.
Is it really an age thing or a generational thing?
Younger generation getting disillusioned with the broken system that rewards greed and by design funnels wealth and resources to an ever smaller group of people.
While their material conditions are deteriorating daily. There isn’t even an unified media machine keeping their beliefs in check like with older generations. There is no manufactured consent anymore for the machine of misery.
Yeah the old people win and we lose thats the trade off we get. Pretty sick right.
That’s because a win-win situation almost always involves a third party that loses, but is taken out of scope either deliberately or by mere ignorance.
Our whole lives are designed to cater to old pppl who are the wealthiest and most looked after. And half of them didn’t even need to work back then.