Prosperous societies require cheap labor and always have. In the case of the USA, while legions of young people are chasing rainbows pursuing college degrees and 'startups' with other people's money, the unthinkable failure they all are running from is the idea that they might ever have to get their hands dirty doing some real work, which is best left to those invisible and anonymous 'others' who will.
What should be done? Look at your own lifestyle, and take a thought or two to who it was that had stitched those garments, cleaned those hotel rooms, mined that lithium (!), picked those crops, and washed those dishes for you, so you didn't have to, because you preferred not to even think about what, and who, it is that truly makes your own comforts and amenities possible at all.
Prosperous societies require cheap labor and always have. In the case of the USA, while legions of young people are chasing rainbows pursuing college degrees and 'startups' with other people's money, the unthinkable failure they all are running from is the idea that they might ever have to get their hands dirty doing some real work, which is best left to those invisible and anonymous 'others' who will.
What should be done? Look at your own lifestyle, and take a thought or two to who it was that had stitched those garments, cleaned those hotel rooms, mined that lithium (!), picked those crops, and washed those dishes for you, so you didn't have to, because you preferred not to even think about what, and who, it is that truly makes your own comforts and amenities possible at all.