Teens with no Prospects.

This formed part of an article in the middle of the paper from the Daily Mail 14 Sept 11.

I think its so serious it should have been on the front page because it deeply affects our societies. A close friend had a son whose generation in the 1968s era had no prospects and he and no end of others like him could not get jobs here. He ended up as an alcoholic despite very good A'level results then. He committed suicide in the end.

Today its much worse I list the DM's statistics the top and bottom 10s:

Luxembourg 1.7% United States 8.8%
Iceland 2. UK 9.6
Slovenia 2.5 Ireland 11.
Denmark 2.9 Italy 11.2
Norway 3. New Zealand 12.3
Czech Rep. 3.5 Spain 13.4
Netherlands 3.6 Brazil 14.
Poland 3.6 Mexico 18.4
Germany 3.8 Israel 24.6
Slovak Rep. 4.5 Turkey 28.6


This information despite my making it look drunk, is a disaster, the puppeteers have got to be made to stop sacrificing our kids for their profit. I listen to the banks in a fury because our bailouts, should have gone to only a few banks that could prove they could be run propertly and fairly. but the rest of the tax payers money needs to go direct to help fund business and research thereby creating jobs, not lettings banks grab this money, then earn interesting on it and basically 'disappear' it AND then beg for more.

We have to think ahead at what these stats mean for life in our countries in ten years time if this carries on. We can't afford to waste human resources and ultimately this wastage of youth will provide an underclass that will get bigger and bigger every generation and more dangerous. People living in ivory towers needn't think they are safely tucked away from this. Gadaffi with his compounds and weapons proves this. Sadly there are a number of far worse and more accountable people around today than him and people protesting today know exactly who you are.

sorry for how the two separate columns I posted became 1. they are the top and bottom 10. I am having trouble getting my computer to transit exactly what I have typed back, perhaps I have picked up a virus but its pretty close and I hope makes my point.

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Could you please post more of what you are trying to say? I am interested. I think this is a real problem, but I don't think you've said enough. I constantly worry about the future of my children; I think we should all focus on a pre-industrial revolution lifestyle. seriously. But, society is not wired (no pun) that way. More please. (: Thanks.

Hello - you have raised an important issue. Please - what does DM mean?

In terms of the youth of today - I feel for them. More technology means more machines to do the work of people. An example is going to the supermarket - where they have the self serve checkouts??? What for - I always prefer to stand in line and be served by a human being. There are many other examples.

Also factor in the cost of an education - it is out of reach for some people. In Australia I recall an article in the Sydney Morning Herald where a student of medicine was living on the street because he could not afford accommodation - luckily the advertisement of his predicament attracted some assistance.

I really do not understand why people keep having children when the world is not preparing a place for them. I know it is everyones right to have a family - but at what price? To see your child miss out because the world is focussed on dollars and not on people. I think it would be heartbreaking to watch your child miss out on a chance to thrive only to succumb to alcohol and finally suicide. You mention this example happening in the 60's well nothing has changed - children are suiciding every day - why? When a child suicides it is a scream for help and I imagine a lot of times it is because they can see the world the way it really is - not through rose coloured glasses but through eyes that see reality.

I have been a Police Officer and am now a Teacher and I have seen the neglect - the anger & the lack of self respect in many young people. Sometimes their eyes would say it all - filled with sadness at the state of the world.

Much Peace...

Originally posted by solsticks
reply to post by Lynda101

 

Could you please post more of what you are trying to say? I am interested. I think this is a real problem, but I don't think you've said enough. I constantly worry about the future of my children; I think we should all focus on a pre-industrial revolution lifestyle. seriously. But, society is not wired (no pun) that way. More please. (: Thanks. T

Hi, I know how you feel.

The Daily Mail is one of our better tabloids. The journalist who came up with these statistics thought it important to warn the public of how things are going across the world. Not only are we heading for a world of 'a few haves and the rest of the world made up of have-nots,' but unless this situation is literally 'governed' and creatively managed we are heading to huge, huge numbers of people who will never get a job and will be driven into forming an underclass. Their skills will become redundant and newer generations will replace them. The point is that with the world's population, unless radical change is made now, we are in one of the worse developing situations we have ever been in and it literally gives a vision of a horrendous future for our kids.

Currently China and India are flushing out products,but unless we can maintain the equivalent numbers of people elsewhere able to buy their products, once they have saturated their home markets etc the world will simply grind to a halt, stymied. I do think you are right in that we have got to slow the technology that has replaced jobs and bring back the human-not-computer 'base' leading from customer, to receptionist, telephonist, secretary, manager, Director, CEO. These middle layers utilised a lot of working people. Today though, sectors , have become the focus of our Government's cuts.

What does show up immediately on these statistics is now much worse countries that have allowed mass immigration are by having their job markets so oversubscribed, they will be lucky if they will ever be able to provide enough jobs unless huge investment is possible and especially new innovative ideas.

I find it difficult to understand why our governments have not identified these problems earlier because we can all see them today. Nothing seems to be put in place to tackle any of this ticking time bomb. Perhaps it passes many of our politicians by, because they all seem to be me to come from very priviledged backgrounds. Our PM is a cousin of the Queen's - can't get much wealthier than that. They also have the comfort zone of keeping going the tax-free havens, so many don't face the world we all do. Perhaps its time a cash grab was considered to aid the investment needed; except that, from a sweeping point of view, we are caught in a situation where technology is robbing jobs, but giving us back other gifts so we can't do without it, but we must find a balance.

Its a concern to me that some governments are patently considering drumming up wars which will slaughter numbers of people. However I don't think that, apart from those who choose to make the military their career, people today are so easy to manipulate into going off to war. If you look at WW1 they were bursting to get out and fight, but that was nearly 100 years ago.

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Hi

The DM is the UK tabloid the Daily Mail - not a bad paper at all.

I do take your point about our having children. Some little souls appear simply because of entrapment, others come into the world for a variety of reasons. I did feel for a couple I was on the tv a few years ago. The guy lost his job and they got slowly into debt. We saw them getting into their car with their 2 kiddies and what the bailiffs hadn't managed to snatch off them. They were heading to join others under the freeway. I felt so sad after watching that, because apparently he and she had tried everywhere. Its almost as though someone has eaten vast swathes of the USA and other countries from the inside out and there's noone giving a damn about these people apart from the fact they must not show any signs of dissatisfaction with the government for their lot.

I do think the job situation lies in the hands of those who sit right at the top and could easily lower their profit targets to allow their giant corporations to employ more people. Its a funny thing, but back in the 1970's when I was a secretary, complaints were dealt with by the top brass immediately. Letters coming in, were replied to, if someone was on holiday or sick, their job was covered and their work carried on. Today, we have nothing but a fleet of part timers, who deal with things when they are in, no one covers for them when not there. No one is responsible and mistakes happen every day. We might have all this technology but we have gone backwards in efficiency and effectiveness.

I know the stats for world population are horrendous. I suspect sooner or later someone is going to have to be brave enough to take this emotive subject and tell people to call a halt to breeding after such and such a number. But China where they tried this has some sad tales where the only child has died and the parents are bereft and alone.

What really gets me about this situation is the waste of the talent and the input these youngsters should be providing, how do we know we are not missing out on Einsteins and other great people in these generations?

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You are right about the population. I guess it is the cabal/illuminati/whatever kill off large parts of the population with all the chemicals that are in the air, water and soil - the chemtrails - the vaccines and whether you believe or not there are more cancers and diseases than ever before in our history.

Money needs to go - I do not have the answers but money and its unfair distribution is the single largest contributor to all the problems on the planet. People need to realise that having children is not something to do just because you can. For people who cannot have children what about all the children who have no one and could be adopted.

This is how screwed up people are - I have seen people spend money hand over fist for assisted medical fertility treatments to end up with no baby. All the money time and effort could have gone into adopting a child who is already here....

People are so mind controlled - set in their ways - selfish - unknowing - ignorant or sometimes just plain evil - I don't know why people cannot see that continuing to populate + more technology = disaster. I know this site is full of doomsdayers but maybe a huge meteor slamming into us might be the only way to wake people up.

All I know is money does not solve problems it actually creates problems. The governments all over the planet have no desire to solve problems but rather pretend to be solving problems while looking well dressed for their tv appearenaces and photos on the front page of the leading newspapers. It is 2011 we are supposed to be a mature, evolved and knowledgable global society - but we are not - where to from here?

Children are being born for what reason - to experience life in a society that has no place for them before they were even conceived? I feel sad every time I hear of a suicide and even sadder when it is a child but I cannot help but feel that at least they are in a better place than here.

Much Peace..