Having a job, any job is good. It gives you a schedule and people relying on you, both are good for a sense of purpose, which is what most people are searching for (weather they know it or not). Even if the managers are jerks, which can actually be a boon because it lets you and your underpaid, underappreciated team bond....nothing like a common enemy to come together over.

Having something to do; that is relatively mindless, lets you think about your wants and needs for the future, all the while getting paid. Maybe you decide after a year that this isn't for you and go and get an apprenticeship and become a plumber or a sparky. Maybe you decide, that actually this is what I want and go into management (and become the jerk). Maybe it takes 2 years, but you will find friends and get paid.

Shaking your fist at the world, will get you no where. Searching for community in the wrong places will just make things worse.

In another post you said

The only thing I’ve done wrong is have the wrong thoughts about the government, that’s not even a criminal record.

What is wrong with that; I think anti-government thoughts all the time; but I also know a bit of history. Democracy is shit, but it is less shit than the other systems we have tried. Having an opinion is what you get as a thinking individual; I would be far more worried about the zealot that agrees with everything the government does. As long as you vote; then you get to complain, simple as that. If you can't be arsed voting then you are voting for the winner.

I didn't vote for National or Act; I disagree with most of what they are proposing. But hey, that is what happened so we have to live with it for the next few years.