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by ownagefool 4046 days ago
The problem with this, at least in somewhere like the UK, is you haven't convinced the public that there aren't enough jobs.

Sure, some people are saying so, but there's a barrage of benefits programs that shows there is a subset of the native population who just can't be arsed trying to get a job, and who won't work for a job that earns them similar or less money than they get on benefits.

While these people are sitting around with their massive entitlment complexes and a subset or them are willing to go on channel4 and openly discuss it, you're never going to convince the public there's no jobs.

It's sad because, these people are supposed to be statsticly insignificant, but alas, I work full time and had to pay £500,000 for a 2 bed terrace. I resent the fact we can't move the non-working out of London when it costs a fortune to live somewhere nearby.

Of course the bigger problem is that money has a gravitational pull and the rich are getting richer, but they're not being idiots on channel4, so the middle class aren't taking it out on them.