@Rivalled probably can't have a conversation on here but in the wider world, we can certainly try. The media would need to actually behave in a responsible way though.
One of the reasons I found the Triggernometry podcast interesting is because they were looking at systemic failures. No questions about moral judgement. There was one case discussed where a man on long-term sickness benefits wanted to do a plastering course, obviously a good trade and he'd be able to get work. He was told - mistakenly, or partly mistakenly - that he would be sanctioned for trying to go on a training course. Apparently, even the staff are so confused by the complexities of the system, they're giving out wrong advice and I don't blame them.
In one workplace, I talked to the CEO about trying to develop a scheme where we could help people cross train - the example I gave was that I was happy to give up a couple of hours to show somebody basic office skills. He was in favour of it in principle but he said "you have no idea how many barriers we will come across by trying to help in any way that's not encompassed by the system." he had some public sector experience. I didn't. So I was happy to take his advice on that and it was clear to me that he didn't want to take it on. And I totally respect that.
Of course dealing with the govt puts everybody off everything. I really admire the people who set up the food waste schemes with restaurants and shops but hopefully they came across a lot more willingness in doing that.
There is an awful lot of red tape preventing people from helping who genuinely want to help. In my building, someone who runs a company has offered to take apprentices from the local college but they said there was no mechanism for that to be done. They have a list of approved contractors and that's that. He looked at the scheme to see if he could put himself on it, but it was too onerous
Sorry, I went off the point. But my thinking is that the systems are fundamentally at fault and no one is going to try and tackle them. I'm under the impression that Liz Truss wanted to do something about it and look what happened to her.
Everyone will just kick the can down the road until it's too late - I don't think there are any parties who won't do that.
I remember after the 2008 crash, with quantitative easing, there was a lot of talk about kicking the can down the road. And here we are. We've run out of road.
Contrary to what some posters might think about these threads, I'm sure none of us are people who are going to sit in judgement about need. Probably a lot of us have been involved with volunteering and trying to help in all kinds of ways.
One of the saddest things about the current situation as it even makes people like us think "why bother?"