Why is the hikikomori phenomenon in Japan being treated like a national crisis? Are there legitimate health concerns involved or is it more related to culture?
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Society is made of people.
If young men, that are the most important part of society (with young women), are retreating from life, it means that that society is going to fall down (the average age increase too much, you have to import immigrants from other countries etc etc)
Remember that the most part of hikimori is made of men, and we are biologically programmed to feel less empathy for them. Add then the fact that the western world is becoming more and more feminist (not the genuine version of feminist movements, but the current toxic one), the pressure on you is higher than ever (you have to graduate, find a good job with a nice pay, buy a house, improve your career…), you’re always in competition with people (even with people you don’t know)… unfortunately Social Darwinism is spreading and the disadvantage between people that won the genetic lottery (from different point of view) and the ones who lost the genetic lottery is increasing.
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