:maybe-later-honey: Uhhhh capitalism doesn't MAKE you do anything. These are all free and independent actors who just coincidentally happened to choose not to have friends.
more like 500$ to shore up their consumption a bit but this is a capitalist state and its hard to phrase stuff that way
I'd be miserable if I lived in south korea too but then again I live in the USA so it's no different :cap-think:
At least the US has more variety of places to live. South Korea is relatively small with only a few major cities and vast swaths of nothing.
The monthly allowance will be available to reclusive lonely young people aged 9 to 24 who live in a household earning below the median national income – defined in South Korea as about 5.4 million won (about $4,165) per month for a household of four people. The youths can apply for the program at a local administrative welfare center; their guardians, counselors or teachers can also apply on their behalf.
Another student faced domestic violence and hunger at home – making it difficult for her to leave the house or form relationships with people outside. Neither individual was identified.
It is cool that the youth or teacher can apply for assistance in a situation with an abusive parent
In countries without "parental rights" children have more rights and people willing to protect them.
In the United States parents can deny all sorts of benefits for their children, and if you try to intervene you can be sued.
This is actually a great idea. It's only a band-aid on capitalism, but giving young people money will seriously help with socialization. The reason why people require money to socialize is obviously because of capitalism, so this isn't a long-term solution, but it is a step in the right direction. Japan would do well to take heed.
Fr. The main reason I don't want to hang out with people is because I'm a broke boy and trying to afford whatever bullshit they want to do this week is outside of my budget.
:porky-scared-flipped: Why aren't young people marrying and having kids????
:proletariat: I can't afford to go on dates much less have children. If you want me to do these things give me more money.
:only-throw: No handouts! Only hoarding!
Probably would be more efficient to just address the things alienating and disincentivizing young people directly, but hey, if this is just them dipping their toes for something bigger, by all means.
The place is drowning in celebrity/idol/"influencer" shit and pretty much all free public spaces have been abolished. It would be a longer lasting solution to dial back turbo capitalism. :marx-hi:
or destroy it entirely
plz Kim liberate the south
Wish I could get $500 a month to actually fucking afford going out
I think a lot of my social despair is just not having any fucking money to spend, I spend all my time in my bedroom because it's less expensive and crying is free
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I'm not really super social since I don't want to develop emotional attachments that are gonna lead to heartbreak of some sort, and people kind of annoy me anyhow. No way of telling whether or not the random dickhead I make eye contact with while delivering isn't a InfoWars listener or some shit
