The
general response to Mr Rabbit’s boot camp suggestion has been as negative as
the “man” who made it.
The
current solution to subsidised unemployment - should the Clayton’s social support system
SennaLink not manage to deter those in search of help – is the volunteer
bullshit. This is complemented by government contracted advice from
semi-literate fascists that we need help preparing CVs, and that anyone who really wants a job can find one.
No matter how good or bad Rabbit's idea might be, the current approach doesn’t build anyone up, it white ants them by denying their reality.
There are
too many reality TV shows providing images and stories about spoilt brats
[usually in the U.S.
If this is Rabbit's version of a boot camp [and one assumes so as his idea of popular policy is necessarily negative] heaven help the tired and poor.
Perhaps
the greatest problem with suggestions like this one is that they are presented
as half-baked ideas without an ounce of detail.
Some youth might actually
benefit from having their personality nourished and some self-esteem built up.
This
might actually be achieved if the “camp”
provides an environment where they are neither attacked personally by dysfunctional, incompetent parents/adult figures, nor given a whole heap of vacuous praise for
totally insignificant pseudo-achievements.
Let’s get
over our obsession with specialising people out of jobs, or replacing people
with “more efficient” technology.
Replacing
meter reader jobs with “smart meters”, for example, is only efficient if the
definition of efficient is controlled by dickheads who don’t care about people - by dickheads who don't factor humans into their "bottom line".
Fair suck
of the dingo’s donger, China tweet give the poor buggers something worthwhile to do, and the
guidance and tools they need to do it. Call it what you will, but don't put the boot in.
