[TkTech]

I guess I wasn't clear, I was responding to imaginology not the parent thread.

It's a problem that's suddenly gaining more interest in Japan because they aren't making babies. Getting more babies is a political platform that a lot of people are currently riding. Hikikomoris and NEETs are an easy, growing trend you can point to and say "this is why we aren't making enough babies, they need to do their part, our system is fine they're just lazy".

[pragmaticjj]

Shut-ins and NEETs are the last people you'd go to in order to improve demographics of any country. These are the people who generally avoid social contact much less talk to members of opposite sex.

I don't follow Japanese politics, but implicating NEETs in their demographic problems seems completely out of touch.

[aninhumer]

I think TkTech is pointing out that it's politically expedient to blame a group of people that everyone already dislikes for the problem, not suggesting it's a sensible approach.

[TkTech]

Yup.