He cites that in 10 years the trades will collapse, then spends the end of the video pitching an interesting idea about how to save them, but it will be aimed at kids that will take more than 10 years to get trained and going in the trades.
And he's absolutely right. I'm 33. At no point growing up did anyone mention the trades to me. IN FACT...I actually told the adults in my life I wanted to work in a factory for a couple years after high school to save money and think about my future, but they freaked out and had parent teacher conferences with me until I gave in to the pressure and got a 4 year degree they suggested that turned out to be worthless. So what am I doing now? I'm about to start a two year technical program.
I will have no problem watching this "society" burn while I start to get paid really well to fix it. But yeah, I imagine a lot of the people who claim they don't see the collapse coming probably don't work manual labor in a factory like I do, because if they did, it would be plain as day. Everything is starting to break, and there's no one to fix it.
I believe everything is cyclical in nature. The old paradigms die and the fresh blood fills the voids left behind. Just as you leave a buffer between you and the car in front of you, some hurf will fill that space.
New wine must be poured into new wine skins.
As the boomers and greatest generation die off and take out reverse mortgages or sell their properties, or the millenials sell dead grandpa’s 2 bedroom houses, many or us will ponder ways to obtain land to leave behind to our children and grand children. The irony being, they may very well abandon our country dwellings in favor of city life.
The very best way for you to frame what you have said is: this is an undeniably great opportunity as the trades were all but forgotten by the previous generations and now it is time for you to seize this chance and fill this void.
Many such cases. Carpenter here that was shoved into a tech school immediately after high school. First I was going for biomed tech, then IT network specialist, then landscape horticulture until I dropped out with nothing to show for it. Worked bullshit jobs till 6 years ago when I fell into framing houses. Since then I started my own remodel business. I'm happy to be I'm the position I am but I've seen the shit work the spics do. They can rock a wall and pour concrete but I've had to reframe entire basement ceilings because the cheap shitskin labor they hired initially to do it used 2" finish brads. Problem is then they don't want to pay me what I'm worth because they bust their budget paying to have it done twice.
[ + ] Trope
[ - ] Trope 2 points 1.8 yearsJul 23, 2023 19:30:27 ago (+2/-0)
New wine must be poured into new wine skins.
As the boomers and greatest generation die off and take out reverse mortgages or sell their properties, or the millenials sell dead grandpa’s 2 bedroom houses, many or us will ponder ways to obtain land to leave behind to our children and grand children. The irony being, they may very well abandon our country dwellings in favor of city life.
The very best way for you to frame what you have said is: this is an undeniably great opportunity as the trades were all but forgotten by the previous generations and now it is time for you to seize this chance and fill this void.
The glass is half full.
[ + ] Breeder
[ - ] Breeder 3 points 1.8 yearsJul 23, 2023 17:24:31 ago (+3/-0)