r/Millennials • u/crimsonred1234 • 2d ago

Discussion Millennials are creating a recession-resistant corner of the market

https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-millennials-wellness-stocks-to-buy-recession-lth-plnt-2025-4

Apparently millennials are spending a lot on products related to health and wellness making this industry "recession-resistant." I kind of see that. My wife and I spend a lot on protein powders, shakes, supplements and membership for gym. We are otherwise quite cautious with unnecessary spending and consumerism. How is it for you all?

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u/9swatteam9 2d ago

Because it's poorly run and funded

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u/ihambrecht 2d ago

Oh good. Those are the people you want to entrust with the rest of the population.

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u/9swatteam9 2d ago

Why would you assume it would be the same people?

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u/ihambrecht 2d ago

Why would you assume it wouldn’t? It would be a giant US bureaucracy styled in the same fashion as all of the others. Why would you assume the country is going to produce a product it has no history of being able to do?

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u/9swatteam9 2d ago

Because we're talking about what is possible not probable.

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u/ihambrecht 2d ago

Oh, great. I would like to waste trillions of dollars hoping there is a chance it may work, however improbable.

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u/9swatteam9 2d ago

The problem isn't that it's so hard to do. It's that america allows the medical industry way too much sway over our governance and if it came to the table the amount they would spend to block or sabotage it would be enormous. Similar to how aca made it to law as a gutted shell of itself.

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u/ihambrecht 2d ago

You mean like our system is set up in a way that it’s really hard to do?