I once saw something that pulled quotes from media over multiple decades going back to the 19th century where older people said "no one wants to work", so it seems like that's not a modern phenomenon after all. 😆 Also, I think it's even less than 1% who are hoarding all the wealth and they most certainly want us to continue being distracted with one another so we don't look their way for too long.

It's funny how that idea that if you can't get work you'll just end up at a fast food place has aged. In her teens my eldest applied to so many fast food places and couldn't get work. I think it was practically a viral meme at one point how everywhere had "help urgently wanted" signs, but never actually took anyone on despite people clamouring for the work. My daughter even went in for an interview at a local McDonald's and the manager there agreed to do the interview, but confessed he wasn't sure how she gotten the interview because there wasn't actually a vacancy. He even told her she interviewed well, so he'd have loved to have given her work if there was any. It makes absolutely no sense.