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November 30, 2011
"In early industrial England there was plenty of useful work for everyone to do.
That no longer applies. There are now large and swelling segments of the population for whom society has no use. Set down in cold print like that, it looks like a dreadful thing to say. But the very preposterousness of our favored remedies—send them all to college!—betrays an underlying hopelessness. -- Life at the BottomPosted by gerardvanderleun at November 30, 2011 11:45 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.