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by peyton 1349 days ago
The unemployed, disenfranchised young men are piling up. Historically there’s only one way that turns out. We should probably solve the problem of leaving this population behind instead of trying to keep them from communicating. They’ll find a way to talk.
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Leaving people behind is never the solution. You have to try and create opportunities, because ultimately that's what people need. And they will get it from someone else if not from you.

The key to a healthy society is a big fat cushion at the bottom people can land on if they need be. Unlike what conservatives and libertarians say most people will want to do more with their lives than just to sit on the cushion, but even them sitting on it is cheaper than leaving people behind, because people get damaged, turn around and spread that damage like a disease, and from then on you are fighting a cumulative network effect.