• pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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    “This is not a failure of young people. It is a failure of a system stuck in the past. Whether it is education or health or welfare, that system fails to enable their participation in the labour market,” he will say.

    “Instead, all too often it ends up putting young people on a path to a life not in jobs but on benefits. This should be the priority for the government. It should be the priority for all of us.”

        • Yliaster@lemmy.world
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          Get out of here with that toxic mindset. Ordinary humans shouldn’t have to prove their worth to anybody; if we got rid of capitalism we’d have enough resources for everybody.

      • Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org
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        Yes. Also the ones who know their parents don’t have a lot, but still choose to be sloven burdens who don’t contribute.

    • Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      you should work on that.

      Just because somone on paper is considered a NEET doesnt mean theyre not doing something helpful