This country is WASTEFUL of its human resources.
Consider all of the skills that were flushed down the drain when we foolishly relinquished our manufacturing industries to the third world.
Were their skills utilised ? In the majority of cases....no.
Another thing. We are ASHAMED of people who are employed in sales and marketing.
Additionally, the whole system of production and marketing...indeed, EVERYTHING in daily life is smothered in added-cost red tape and regulation.
Simply put, as a country we have saddled ourselves with an enormous yoke.
I won't even go into the appalling standard of basic education in this country now....as a result of chasing targets and ticking boxes. The lowest common denominator rules !
Who cares if we're all dummies living in a second-rate country whose prospects are steadily getting more and more hopeless, while the rest of the world moves on past ?