part of the problem is romanicism about industrial work. it was hard, dirty, often unsafe work, for not great money. we've moved up the value chain, more economic value is created through services than digging rocks, smelting them or bashing them into shape. but the cost of manufacture these...
"I think we've been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it's the government's job to cope with it. 'I have a problem, I'll get a grant.' 'I'm homeless, the government must house me.' They're casting their problem on society. And, you...
thats a thing, they've always been there. the name and organisations running them have changed, the uptake has changed in recent years because economics. people run out of money because of circumstance, the state system doesn't fit immediate needs because inertia and bureacracy, so something...