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What I am stating does not factor in the welfare state that allows for the dysfunctional broken homes to exist. That breaks the whole dynamic, thus creating the problems we see in many western countries with welfare states.

So the loss of SNAP benefits for many will bring about the necessary balances needed for these dynamics to work. But I am not counting on this being permanently changed.

Yes, this does not work the same for women, because if a man wants to have children, he cannot have his wife be so devoted to her career that she is not willing to give that up to have children. Maybe this is not "fair" for women who want both the career AND children, but it is also not "fair" that men have to make something of themselves in order to be in the position to have a family.

That is just reality, regardless of whether you think it is fair or not.

Women who complain that men "do not have to sacrifice their career to have a family" fail to realize that for men, the choices of career and family are not mutually exclusive, but mutually inclusive. These women do not realize that men can't afford to NOT have a career if they want relationship success with women. Women seek men who earn more, thus having a career elevates a man in status and gives him a chance to be selected.

@Eiswald People in many parts of the world would be envious to have this much food available for their families. Somehow people who have less options for food somehow manage to survive. Historically people had less options as well. The kids will just need to adapt.

Too many people do not realize how spoiled we are with the amount of choices we have for food. Many people do not have the luxury to complain that they are eating the same thing every day.

@sickburnbro >Trump voters

It is also well documented that blacks in the south vote overwhelmingly Democrat.

Looking at the map as purely "Red state vs Blue state" reveals either stupidity or intellectual dishonesty, since you have to look at more than just the state as a whole. Even a large number of blue states have millions of Republican voters and vice versa for Red states with Democrat voters.

@Zeb @sardonicsmile That is one way to "solve" the problem. Though that solution is a "burn in all to the ground" solution. Certainly appealing to those who have nothing to lose, though it will have unknowable consequences.

It is basically asking everyone to reroll the dice. For those that got snake eyes, the reroll is certainly appealing.

@sardonicsmile I would be curious about what his solutions are, since he is correct that the buying power for younger generations is far less, which causes a number of problems. What happens too often is the younger generation proves themselves no better than many of the older generation because their solution is to double down on the very policies that caused the problem.

@Gonzo17 Would it have been too much trouble for her PR team to have this message be carried out by a different account? It is really poor optics to wish yourself a happy birthday under pretty much any circumstances when you are a public figure.

Yes, she probably does not run her own account. But you could easily have had any other public figure done this on her behalf, at the very least.

@sickburnbro >Our society could afford it.

If you think that changing the incentive structure across the board will not change any other factors when providing everything "for free," you are just going to proclaim "it was not true communism" the moment your "we should just share everything" ideology.

This is like assuming you will earn twice the profit if you just double the price of a product. You first must consider if everyone will still be willing to pay before assuming such an outcome.

@Max_Imum @PNS >Like anywhere there is places you don't want to go

That's just the problem though. There should not be any places "you don't want to go" due to safety reasons. That is a failure of the government to either fix the problem or allow the people themselves to fix the problem with proper self-defense policies.

In a non-directly political example, I recall the black hockey player that killed someone with his reckless maneuver was given a similar defense by Redditor types who stated, "He said he was sorry, he feels bad enough about what he did, so he should not get further punishment."

I cannot comprehend the mindset of someone who thinks that others should consider "saying sorry" is the same thing as taking accountability.