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(05-21-2015 01:39 PM)Maciano Wrote:  

"Youth unemployment is low because they do not include those who are in university system as unemployed, most likely."

Partly. But Dutch youth unemployment is low because there's an adjusted minimum wage for young people. All of the supermarket, fastfood chains and retail is being manned by students because of this.

People working at supermarkets are counted as employed? What a meaningful metric.

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"Youth unemployment isn't as important as male unemployment. Unemployed men = no families started."

Male unemployment is a problem, as it is in every country, but even today it's only 10% in the younger cohorts (15-27yrs). It's mostly concentrated among the low/non-educated. And seriously, although I wish the low/non-educated all the best, they should take care of themselves first, before they ever think about having a family. Actually, part-time job availability should be a fantastic opportunity for a society that has many unemployed young men.

http://jeugdmonitor.cbs.nl/nl-nl/indicat...e-vrouwen/

Again, this number is bullshit and is revealed by the low birthrates. If men were meaningfully employed they would be getting married and buying houses to start families. The lack of population growth tells everything you need to know. It's obvious the stats are meaningless when supermarket part-time employees are counted as employed.

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"All of these problems apply to just about every developed country in the world... which is why DOOMSDAY Laugh But seriously, shit is gonna go broke."

Maybe. But the developed countries have been frontrunners for centuries. I'm not worried about the Netherlands or any Western frontrunner collapsing any time soon. Here's the states in default list since 1800. The only time the Netherlands was in default was during the French occupation.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAyPr1HU8AMyF9I.png

Trying to compare the last 200 years of Europe to the current situation pretty much reveals why the continent is in a world of shit:

- No more Christ which once guided relations between men and women.
- Mass immigration is gonna flood the workforce with millions of unemployable people that can only be paid for by the taxpayer, which means higher and higher endless taxes.
- Endless taxes = even lower birthrates.
- Near-zero birthrates = no future taxpayers.

Of course, the Netherlands may fare the best out of Europe (or one of the best) because they are a strong family of people. The Dutch "bible-belt" still has strong birthrates and culture even if the Dutch cities become the next Marseille.

But to think the Dutch will be completely spared of the coming dark-ages seems a bit naive.