dtcwee: The Value of Nothing

The acceptability of social welfare is linked to racial homogeniety. That is, we like social welfare unless it benefits minorities. (Al Capone enables freeloaders.)

It's shūkatsu season in Japan , when trains and job fairs are packed with fresh almost-graduates in matching 'recruit suits', battling for corporate entry-level intakes that only enrol at the same time each year. In the rest of the world, job searching is more ad hoc and opportunistic. Job-seekers can trawl through the classifieds any time, or even cold-call, to get results. But not Japan. If you end shūkatsu without an informal offer (内々定 nainaitei ) in your final year of uni then you've missed the bus. Likely forever.