People will need to start realising that reliance on the state or
some other source of benefit is not going to solve their problems -
indeed the state is likely to provide less, and an assumption that this
will be the case should be a starting point for people taking control of
and planning their lives. They should begin to realise that
self-reliance and self-empowerment are likely to become more and more
the way forward and that rendering themselves less dependent on others
and less vulnerable to negative circumstances will be to their benefit
in these difficult times. E.g. - do not depend on others; rather turn
towards self-preservation within socially acceptable means. Reject the
subversive sentiment that "we down't need now educayshun, we down't need
now fowt controwl" and make the best of the educational facilities
available. With the right mindset one can learn a lot even in a crappy
school with lousy teachers. Do not get oneself pregnant in order to try
to get public housing, as a lot do. Spend one's JSA/IS carefullly in
staying alive and getting a livelihood (job is too specific and implies
dependence on somebody else). People have got to push themselves more to
get noticed in these ever more competitive days, and this should be
done positively. Smashing up neighbourhoods may well get one noticed,
but it'll also get others' backs up and is, on balance, negative.
