Doed anyone else feel like this ends up becoming part of a depopulation agenda?
Used to be having kids was beneficial to you once they reached a certain age. Became part if your hunting party (think spears or arrows) that brought back food, or did chores around the farm.
Now kids cost a lot but don't bring back any money.
And they cost a lot.
Used to be kids would run around with other kids in the tribe. Now you're the sole source of interaction up to 5.
Now they also mean a huge headache, wondering teachers are trying to trans them.
Now you can also go to jail for something the kid did? Like who would want to have kids any more.
People respond to incentives. No amount of moralistic chiding will alter that reality. Change the incentive structures if you want to see different behavioral patterns.
this, exactly this. and your enemies understand this and are exploiting the realities if human nature to the absolute max while we sit around shaming each other and ignoring inconvenient realities (women, race, human instincts, etc)
Doed anyone else feel like this ends up becoming part of a depopulation agenda?
Used to be having kids was beneficial to you once they reached a certain age. Became part if your hunting party (think spears or arrows) that brought back food, or did chores around the farm.
Now kids cost a lot but don't bring back any money.
And they cost a lot.
Used to be kids would run around with other kids in the tribe. Now you're the sole source of interaction up to 5.
Now they also mean a huge headache, wondering teachers are trying to trans them.
Now you can also go to jail for something the kid did? Like who would want to have kids any more.
Imagine not having your own kids because other people don't raise theirs well.
People respond to incentives. No amount of moralistic chiding will alter that reality. Change the incentive structures if you want to see different behavioral patterns.
this, exactly this. and your enemies understand this and are exploiting the realities if human nature to the absolute max while we sit around shaming each other and ignoring inconvenient realities (women, race, human instincts, etc)
I'm not ignoring shit, but I'll be damned if I can think of any practical solutions.
They can support you when you're old. You can actually put them to work around the homestead.
I do see it as part of the agenda, as you say.
I think a lot of what you said is specific or average. I fully intend my children to interact with other people before 5.