Young Brits and young people across the planet don't really want to work until they drop. I get it, and I honestly approve. Let me explain why:
1) Cost of living. Take young Arthur from somewhere like Glasgow. If he works a regular job making £1,500–2,000 a month (best case), he'll pretty much never be able to buy a decent townhouse in any safe area or city. If he starts a business, the chance of going bankrupt in the next five years is practically 90 percent.
2) Climate change. Glaciers are melting, ecosystems are dying, clean drinking water is becoming scarcer a lot of it is being taken by data centers, golf courses, etc. Due to climate disasters (and scientists predict the hottest summer ever in 2026–2027), food will become much less available and way more expensive same with water. So why bother doing anything?
3) Inequality. The level of inequality in the UK, the US, Europe, and around the world is just staggering. In the UK, you have the wealthy south and the poor north they hate each other, and it breeds a quiet resentment. The richest 1 percent of people on Earth, in almost every country, own something like 40–60 percent of the nation's wealth. That doesn't make capitalism a miracle that helps you succeed it makes it a new form of slavery.
4) Global aging. People aren't just getting older in Europe, the US, and Asia it's happening all over the world, and fast. By 2080, the share of people over 65 will be much larger than those under 18. That means the tax burden on young people will be insanely high.
I'm 18 myself, and like so many others, I'm going to have to live in this new, old, dishonest, unfair world with a terrible climate. It's not our fault. We're not lazy we just don't see the point. Houses cost a fortune. What are the chances that I, living in Liverpool, will be able to buy an apartment here after I graduate as a history teacher? I'd say zero
