>>There is, I think another group; the left behind. Maybe you are including them in the 'scapegoat for own failure' set which I think is rather unfair.
I meant to get back to this ages ago but forgot.
The group I was referring to are those who refuse to accept responsibility for their own lives. They are faced with choosing between an admission that they are lazy, indolent, unreliable, anti social gits who have put no effort into their own lives or blaming their sad current state of affairs on someone or something.
And then there are those that are, as you say, the left behind. Typically those that got left out when the ridiculous took over education.
We suddenly moved to a world where success was only measured by academic results and failure was seen as the fault of someone else. Failure could be resolved by removing competition.
Perfectly normal, perfectly valuable people who were simply not suited to classrooms, who may well have excelled elsewhere if competition was permitted and all skill were valued, were left behind.
Those that championed the changes to our education approach in the 70s should hang their heads in shame. Academic results and University entrance are not only NOT the only measures of success, they are incomplete and unjust.
Removing competition from schools through fear of failure brought only mediocrity.
Trying to take all those previously required in heavy or manual industry and either force fit them into classroom success or hide them from sight is what caused them to be left behind.
And all the political parties were and are equally to blame, as well as their supporters.
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