[b]PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU ANSWER[/b] My belief is that the western modern system is broken and does not work as a means to keep our species collectively happy. I'll explain why. The important bits will be in bold. 1. [b]The overall pointlessness[/b] Currently, this is what most of us in the west will go through in life: Be born Spend 4 years being taught our parents beliefs Spend 12 years in school Go to college Find a shit job that we aren't happy with Hope for some fantastic or amazing event to happen Find a better job that we are okay with Keep hoping for that amazing event Get married Have 2 children Watch as they repeat the system Retire Die This doesn't seem like a very good life. Yet this is the norm for most people. 2. [b]The school system[/b] Many people believe that school is there to help you know how to make money when you are older. [b]it is not. School does not teach you how to be financially independent (meaning having enough money to be happy and comfortable through your adult life whiteout being in debt or having to worry about bills or mortages ). It teaches you ways that you can make money for other people, who will then pay you a tiny fraction of how much money you make for them.[/b] If it was implemented properly, then the school system could teach everyone how to be financially independent. But it can never be implemented properly, because companies want people to be constantly struggling against debt and bills, so that there will always be demand for jobs. [b]School is also pretty much compulsory nowadays. If you don't go, your parents will be put In jail and you will be put in care. This is because the companies want to have every last person to be fed into this system and want a job at said company.[/b] Anyone who refuses to follow the system or points out the flaws is rejected by society and left to die, uncared for by the human race. This seems wrong. 3. [b]Happiness and freedom[/b] 250 years ago, you were legally allowed to leave your family whenever you wanted, as long as your family allowed it. You could be an apprentice in any trade you liked at 7, as long as you showed hard work. There was still a whole world to explore, and you could buy cheap passage on any ship and expect to go almost anywhere reachable by sea, no questions asked. [b]Nowadays, it is illegal to leave your parents under 18, and no company will take you for an apprenticeship unless you are 15. To leave a country, you need to pay for fuel, a passport, and border control have a right to send you home whenever they want. You also need a visa to stay In a country.[/b] 4. [b]Quantity over quality[/b] [b]Currently, there are 7.2 billion human beings on earth. Only now, people are starting to realise this is a serious problem. It does not help that abortion laws have been made stricter over the last 50 years. It also does not help that humans are the only species that reproduces more in the face of famine and starvation. India is one of the world's poorest countries, yet it has the second largest population of any country. Soon there will be far too many people and far too little resources to keep all of them happy. We seriously need to abolish the abortion laws, stop funding charities, reduce the amount of hospitals, supply free cyanide pills, put In birth control and let the population die off a bit, before we have more human beings than our planet can support[/b]. These are my main points. There are many more things wrong with the modern system, but this post is already way too long. Please discuss. [b]Edit:[/b] Now everyone hates me. I'm not surprised. [b]Edit número dos:[/b] Most people seem to agree that the current school system isn't great. [b]Edit número tres:[/b] Hm. A lot less people seem to hate me now. Most of them seem to agree with the fact that the school system doesn't work properly. Keep the conversation alive!