Gee, I wonder what happened...
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True, true.
Also the major push to force women into the work force let the government tax the average household twice as much in addition to raising taxes generally. That one was basically equivalent to several decades of immigrants pouring in in terms of individual take home income.
In reality, wouldn't the difference be negligible to everyone in a relationship?
I mean, they leeched off men before, so that expense is just shifted from the man's bank account to his salary.
Most people are interested in having kids and know that a child needs both a mother and a father. Previously couples could afford to have the mother stay home while the father made the money, which is the dynamic depicted in the OP picture.
Now that virtually all working class couples need the mother to work too to make child-rearing possible, we have a plethora of other issues fucking our kids up that people are forced into. Daycare, for example, is absolute shit. And then they go to public school in a similar way once they're school age and that's basically the same thing, and then computers went pocket-sized and parents are making the mistake of letting them raise their kids (though we were doing the same shit with TV before, not good either but clearly not as bad as smartphones/internet/social media).
But you are right, obviously it's easier financially if you don't have kids or a roastie spending all your money. I myself am currently in a recuperation period. I moved recently and decided, without going too much into detail, to downscale my cost of living significantly. I'm single and not currently looking for anyone because I need to build some stuff up first. But uh, I do want kids at some point, so.
That clearly isn't true. Birth rates have been falling since 2008. It's a trend that has survived market crashes, economic growth, the fake pandemic, two major wars and much more.
I mean, you need both parents to work regardless, or the child support will be absolutely crippling, because they calculate her half by what she earns. If that's zero, you're paying 100% of expenses.
Ask black men how that works out. There's a reason there's so many shoplifters and other minor crimes in that community - selling stolen Nikes doesn't get reported to the government looking to force you to give it all to your ex.
Yeah yeah, women are horrible wretches dude, I know. Still gotta figure something out there if you want kids.
And I would definitely say that it's still most people. Obviously less than before but it's still definitely significantly above 50%. Especially in an area like where I am that hasn't lost its mind yet.
Keeping the home and children is valuable work, but it can't be taxed, doesn't help GDP line go up, and provides a barrier against the government control of children. Removing women's privilege to stay at home both drives down wages and increases gross taxes.