Due to a recent recession and skyrocketing unemployment rates,a whole generation of youth have adopted a pessimistic outlook on the value of education.These youth have gathered together to develop a nihilistic subculture,protesting that educational achievement and the adoption of meritocratic values are of little use given the economic situation of the country.What is the consequence of resistance for many of these youth?
A) It reinforces the class structure and blocks upward mobility and life chances.
B) It produces reactions from social control mechanisms and many youth are jailed.
C) It delays the maturation of these individuals and they get a late start in life.
D) It sets off a rash of self-destructive behaviour full of drug taking and suicide.
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