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I love that meme and I already sent it to my friends, unfortunately for me not only I remained poor but I also interiorized so much the idea that "it's my fault and something must be wrong with me" that I ended up thinking my boomer parents were just right about everything.
I am leaning towards skepticism about every hint that a "different future is possible" and that social justice will prevail in the end. The current geopolitical, environmental, economic and financial crises point to something else.
Oof yeah. It took me a long time to accept that my financial struggles aren't part of a moral failing on my part. In my case, parents were actually good, but growing up in a region where the "protestant work ethic" was emphasized was hell on the self esteem. There's so much casual classism out there as well, trying to make people like me feel like "trash." It's extremely fucked up.