In a kayak off the Devon coast I witnessed the kind of entitled mindlessness that has ravaged society, and our planet, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Absolutely totally tangent to this but recently I have been meeting people who are struggling financially, which makes sense you know the world’s pretty fucked right now, but these people have one trait in common that I don’t understand.
That trait is being unwilling to work.
The people that I’m talking about are facing issues of potentially losing their apartments, going hungry without the beneficence of girlfriends and boyfriends and family members feeding them, living right on the razors edge of homelessness, and they refuse to work.
And I really don’t get it.
These people are a mix from late 20s to early 40s, and they are miserable, and all they would have to do to not experience the misery they are experiencing would be to get any minimum wage job and work it 30 ish hours a week.
It’s the struggle to rebuild, it gives you meaning and motivation to continue
I just want to play Minecraft for the first time again too.
Absolutely totally tangent to this but recently I have been meeting people who are struggling financially, which makes sense you know the world’s pretty fucked right now, but these people have one trait in common that I don’t understand.
That trait is being unwilling to work.
The people that I’m talking about are facing issues of potentially losing their apartments, going hungry without the beneficence of girlfriends and boyfriends and family members feeding them, living right on the razors edge of homelessness, and they refuse to work.
And I really don’t get it.
These people are a mix from late 20s to early 40s, and they are miserable, and all they would have to do to not experience the misery they are experiencing would be to get any minimum wage job and work it 30 ish hours a week.
And they won’t do it. And I don’t know why.