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by st1x7 2060 days ago
> Ok. So what do we do with the disenchanted youth?

Tell them that:

> Being in a job is not required for mental health.

> Employment is not a right.

Your entire argument is a giant contradiction.

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Every nation has an economic engine. If there is no refueling schedule, then the engine will cease to function.

There is no real contradiction. It’s rather simple..I don’t think an economic engine should operate to take care of mental health of its employees. It should function to keep the economy of a country going. That’s it’s prime directive.

Meanwhile: how do you think women for millennia have managed not to be employed and find meaning in life. No one owes anyone a job. Being called to employment from age 25-50 is a duty to an economy that has 1. Supported you till age 25. 2. Will support you after age 50.

The rest is just numbers. Social and corporate accounting. It’s not rocket science.

There's a reason communist countries have strictly closed borders, and its not for stopping people wanting to get in.