Chapter 88 The Roots of Today's Upsurge in Discussing Young People

Recently, I often hear people talking about the young people nowadays, and I often see related remarks. Although they are all right, most of them are complaining that young people today are not enterprising.This kind of discussion about young people did not exist centuries ago, but it is a problem that people have never encountered, so adults are so anxious. But isn't it the grown-ups, including me, who make up these young people? Here, I would like to make a solemn point that when I say "In recent years, Japan has been in a state of low IQ", I am not just referring to the current living conditions of young people.When I say "the Japanese people are in a state of stop thinking", some people will strongly agree, and they will definitely say: "That's true, young people these days are so disgusting..." They will think "Stop Thinking = People Now = Young People".

It is true that young people these days have very little ambition and are, as it has been said, poor learners and politically apathetic. However, the responsibility for these situations is not entirely on young people, and adults including me are also inseparable. If you do a search on Amazon for "young people," there are tons of books about young people. In addition to books, those media who are afraid of chaos also have room to play. They repeatedly criticize the young people of today for their "low learning ability" and "short ambition."It is said that low learning ability is caused by "rich education", while "short ambition" is caused by "lost decade after the collapse of the bubble economy".But is this really the case?

First, let's consider the problem of low learning ability.