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youlian troyanov's avatar

Brilliant and eloquently written, as expected. Sadly only a handful of people have what it takes to see how things really are and then to accept the reality, and those will always be opressed by the majority. Hence in recent years reading astute pieces only makes my misanthropy worse, the more rational and clear the thinking and better the writing, the worse my misanthropy gets after reading... As they say in Germany, Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle...

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Christopher Hunt's avatar

The Saturday edition of Canada's National Post--a conservative publication--includes a feature article titled "The Death of the Summer Job". which details the unprecedented difficulties faced this year by students seeking a summer job. One of the main factors is "a surge in job seekers due to rapid population growth, especially concentrated among people under 25." Later, the article points out that this can result in a "delayed passage into adulthood" and "slow down workers' careers for decades." It then goes on to list some of the negative impacts of this--"(Y)oung people not having kids, choosing not to have kids, not being able to afford a home because you need a stable job to get a mortgage, but you also need a stable job to save for a home." Nowhere in the article does it mention what is driving this population growth--that it is unnatural, unnecessary, and entirely driven by government policy.

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