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There should be a government program to handle situations like this if there aren't. Take an assessment of their current skills and interests and get them into employment and/or training for something that fits. You basically need to intervene when the parents won't and do it in a way that's as least stressful for the person as possible. It would pay off in the end because otherwise this person may end up on government assistance later when they most need it. Politicians who can pull this off may get to claim to have reduced unemployment in their reelection campaign. And it's just a good thing to do. Some people won't take the initiative. You have to do it for them and hold their hand.
Edit: As far as I can tell, the closest thing to this in the US is the one-stop centers. Each state has their own.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_employment_service
Wait, you guys don't have that? US I assume? Damn, does your government do anything?
There are plenty of programs to help you get a job. Though, if you are 38, living with your parents, and never got off your ass to support yourself, the problem is you. A program that helps you get a job can't do shit for you if you are this unmotivated.
It kills brown people
They kill poor white people too on occasion so it balances out.
The conversion ratio is terrible. They need to start killing more white people for the good of the economy.
Oh, come on. It kills far more than just brown people.
I don't think the federal government has a program like this, but I went through unemployment after getting laid off last year in Massachusetts and they had resources to help you find careers and training/qualifications and whatnot. Some of the dumbest, lowest empathy people you encounter bitch about Communist Taxachusetts non stop but we have it pretty good here compared to some other places in the Union.
The tax revenue per capita in Massachusetts is about $9000. (source)
I measure it this way because it gets around the comparison problem of some places having no income tax, but high sales tax toake up for it.
Anyway, we should happily pay $4000 per year difference to not live in Oklahoma.
The only thing our government actually does that's uncontroversial is running a bunch of parks, and even those are understaffed
Governments are for Communists.
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The US used to have the Job Corps program...
Japan is probably the closest by actually having the hikikomori problem in public discourse. Most of the rest of the world they probably end up homeless.
Japan is just ahead of the curve when it comes to problems related to arrested development. They're not better at planning, they just experienced their tipping point earlier
Lots of people end up on welfare and in social housing under similar situations. We stigmatize those people so much that it never enters public discourse in the same way.
People who are unhoused tend to have even more severe difficulties resulting in that situation.
There's also temp agencies. They're shit and the jobs they give you will be shit but they're pretty good at finding something for basically anyone who isn't completely unemployable. Someone whose only issues are a lack of transportation, housing, and work history would still be considered a good get by most temp agencies.
this already exists, it's called temp agency employment. no, the government doesn't run it.
baffles me how little real world experience a lot of you people have. at least every other day on here I see someone spectulate abotu this 'great thing that should exist' and it already does.
also a ton of bigger public libraries offer these types of services/classes for free. including basic computer job skills and such...
but you'd have to actually... look it up and leave your house to do any of this.
Are you OK and if not would you like a hug?
because it works perfectly fine if you're not a helpless moron, that's why.
lots of people start their careers through temp job training programs and become permanent hires.
i'm not dumb and niave enough to be lemmy brained to think government programs are inherently flawness and wonderful and private/semi public programs are evil and terrible.
i have what they call 'real life experience' in these matters. instead of being a keyboard warrior who types in all caps and insults people as if this is in anyway helpful of knowledgeable about the world and how it works.
but hey man, it's easy to dwell in ignorance and rage at the world than... make use of resources that are readily available to you to improve your life. including the countless free ones on the internet that are both public and private...
clearly the 'answer' to problems like this is to daydream about a socialist/communist utopia and be angry it doesn't exist and also wish violence upon those who point out to you that it's never going to exist.
Fine, I'll bite the bait.
Counter-point: lots of people are helpless morons at some point in their life. I certainly was. I was lucky enough to have family and friends and skills that were in demand at the time. Others are less fortunate. Fuck'em, I got mine, I guess?
Temp agencies are not there to help you, not even there to make the economy better or society fairer. They are there to fill temporary positions for as little money as possible, period. Sometimes, their and your interests overlap partly. Plus, they help avoid hiring people long-term. Fear of joblessness every few months is a great motivation to work more for less. I've seen it plenty of times, and while there are degrees of hell, all of them suck.
Me too. I was on welfare for half a year and not having to worry about my immediate survival gave me the time I needed to hunt for a half-decent job and convince myself to go to college. Now, a decade later, I have an engineering master degree and get to work on some cool stuff. Without government support, I'd probably have jumped at the first shitty job I got and would be stuck there. What's your life experience? Pulled yourself up by your bootstraps while walking uphill both ways?
As someone from a not-yet-a-total-shithole country, those things exist over here, and while they are as bad at their job as one expects, at least they are there. A cynic public officer half-heartedly trying to get you to become a tax-paying citizen is leagues better than nothing. It's not a day dream when it clearly exists outside of dystopian ex-first-world countries like the US. Everyone benefits if people get off the street and/or their couch and do something "useful". I'm happily paying taxes that support welfare, education and coaching, and I'd much prefer it, both from an ethical and an economical point of view, if the government started properly collecting taxes from billionaires and big companies than go after that mystical welfare freeloader.
Yeah you need a hug.
feelings aren't actions man. you can sit around feeling your feelings all day, I'll be taking action and taking charge of my life.
Private services are not the same.
That's the problem. The sort of person we're talking about isn't going to do this. What's needed is an army of people incessantly knocking on doors offering to help.
they aren't going to open the door either man.
you can't help people who don't want to help themselves. homeless, drug addicts, dependapotamus situations etc.
though on lemmy people think a political revolution is going to like... magically fix people like this.... but the only person who will is themselves.
Which government are you talking about there's more than one you know.
the illuminati