Chapter 86 A society where material desires can be satisfied without money

Why do young people today become so unambitious?It is not easy to explore the underlying psychological reasons, but there is a premise, that is, after the collapse of the bubble economy, "there is no positive news and public opinion from the outside world", so we can find two economic reasons for this problem. First of all, it is not difficult to see from the analysis of the personal assets of the Japanese that social wealth is mainly concentrated in the hands of middle-aged and elderly people (Table 6-1).In other words, the current Japanese society presents such a situation that most assets are idle in the hands of middle-aged and elderly people, while young people who are the main consumers are financially stretched, which leads to young people not taking the initiative to think of To consume, to buy things.

Finally, young people cannot easily inherit these properties from old people.As said before, the Japanese are the richest when they die.According to statistics, the average Japanese possesses assets of 35 million yen at the time of death. This figure is unbelievable in the eyes of some developed countries, but it is difficult for future generations to obtain this property smoothly. The reason is that Japan's inheritance tax is too high, which can be said to be confiscated by the government without compensation. This is one of the reasons that hinder young people from spending.Although there is now a system for inheriting property by going through inheritance procedures before death, very few people do this because the elderly hold money tightly in their own hands "just in case".

In addition, since Japan's pension is implemented by a levy system rather than a zero deposit and lump sum method, pensions are also collected for 20-year-old nationals to pay for the living expenses of the elderly.The unfairness of this system is extremely reflected in Japan. In this regard, young people should strongly express their anger, but they have not responded, and have not heard any voices of dissatisfaction. Why should they live like this? I think the reason for this is the social environment in Japan, because even without money, you can live. This is the second reason why Japanese young people have no ambition.

In Japan, if you only eat things from convenience stores and fast food restaurants every day, then 500 yen a day is enough, at least not to starve to death.So young people live like this, thinking that there is no need to earn too much money. It is said that working at McDonald's can earn about 46,000 yen a month, which is only 10,000 yen more than the pocket money that working-class workers get from their wives.Therefore, these young people who live in their parents' homes save their own expenses while working part-time. They live a very ordinary life without any quality of life at all, so they can live a comfortable life as a parasite working at home.

In an environment where there is no need to desperately make money, no one will have big aspirations, and no one will actively seek success, even "success" in consumption.Maybe they saw the hard work of their parents buying a house with a loan, so they didn't even think about building a home for themselves. Not only that, many men have given up the idea of ​​marriage.Because when they compare their annual income with the assets of the woman's father, it is not difficult to find that "if they marry her, her future life will become very difficult."