To be honest, I'm with Filip on this one. There *is* a new underclass of Epsilon Semi-Morons who believe they're entitled to take what they want without giving anything back to society. They don't follow the rules of society, and they reproduce at an alarming rate.
Nothing wrong with being working class - I count myself, my family and the majority of my friends among them. I work for a living (modest though it may be), ergo I am working class.
For one reason or another, working class people sometimes find themselves out of work. At this point they look for another job which, granted, can sometimes take a while. I'm cool with that. Been there myself.
Sometimes, an individual may be unable to start looking for work for any number of valid reasons (disability, etc). Again, that's a-OK with me.
Now, your average Epsilon doesn't have a job. Never has, never will. The Epsilon has no intention of ever seriously applying for a job. Why work for a living when you can just squeeze out another poor sod to join the ever-swelling ranks of hooded scumbags and the government will just give you a home and some cash. Might not be much, but it's enough for fags and booze, right?
And it's an exponential thing. If the parents don't encourage their kids to do well, to develop and learn, if they feed them on a diet that consists solely of takeaways and Coke, if the only way they interact with them is to shout "Shut up, you little bastard - I'm trying to watch the telly" through a cloud of cigarette smoke, what are the chances of the child growing up to become a productive member of society?
Oh, and before anyone hits the Hitler button, I'm not suggesting any solution to the problem, final or otherwise. I'm just agreeing with Filip's assertion that there is a problem.
Anyway - apologies for further derailing the thread with that little polemic. I don't understand the appeal of, er, Soap Operas. Will that do for now?
