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And then we add war on top of all that. I do not mean civil war (though that may come) but a conventional war.

In the past, men by and large had motivation to fight, even if much of it was propped up by our government lying to them about the justification for the war. Men back then had a strong motivation to fight: their families.

This applies even to bachelors, who would have extended family they would care for or future aspirations to have a family.

And why does this happen? Because women have become unmarriageable from a combination of policies and loosened social pressures. There are just far too many women who are far too risky of a prospect to start a family with, so there is no motivation to even try for the men.

But given the number of fields of work that are critically necessary for a society to function, this could really become disastrous if the number of men who just gave up reaches critical mass.

If men do not have a strong motivator to go out there and achieve something, many of them will opt for a more minimal sustenance approach. Just work hard enough to support themselves, and little more than that. Men who live like this can do any job, even low paying or low hour jobs. After all, if they are not even caring about impressing women, why work harder than you have to?

Men are the ones who are most screwed over by this destruction, as the government favors women in many aspects of life. Sure, you can screw over men as a whole and still have things operating for a time, but the slow decay will start to set in. We already see men less motivated to get married and have a family. Sure, women can technically have a family without a man present, but this also does not make for a functional society. Men are critically necessary for society to actually function.

I don't think that the powers that be thought through some of the long term consequences of the decisions that they made in destroying the family unit. Whether each aspect of the destruction was deliberate or unintentional, those in power should realize that their policies are destroying families (whether it is biased family courts/divorce laws or welfare policies).

The destruction of the family will mean the downfall of a functional society and instable government.

Since NPR has been a good barometer for whatever the government wants people to think (because it really just is the government itself, let's not kid ourselves with their supposed "independence"), I do see this as a "we are starting to back down at this point," and I will take any sign as a good one.

They can always push messaging to their midwit audience that "Covid is really bad guys!" once more, but they are at the very least hedging their bets for now.

On my reconnaissance listening to the libtard propaganda outlet NPR, I heard something that sounded like good news. They were prefacing the reports on "the new strain" as not being as bad as previously thought by "the experts."

This is good news not because I take what government propaganda says at face value, but rather that maybe the powers that be are reconsidering their plans to try and do the lockdowns and mandates again. That is the good news, not the actual bullshit news itself.

@Tfmonkey though either way, these women are having less kids as a result. So having women pursue more college for more years does indeed decrease the total number of births, regardless of the thought process or reasoning.

@Tfmonkey I have a theory on the whole fertility intentions study with men and women. I do not doubt the answers are accurate, but I suspect that the more highly educated women have a sour grapes mentality. That is, it is not that they do not want more children, it is that they cannot have as many children as they originally wanted due to being older, so they claim "I only wanted 1 kid anyways" as it is easier than admitting that they squandered their fertile years chasing more degrees.

No, this will not solve many problems. But it will solve one problem having old bags of bones hold office even when they are not really able to do their job properly. Granted, politicians doing less would be an overall benefit, but they are getting paid fairly well so I guess I should expect something.

Other small fixes can and should be made. Even small steps can help. But we are probably screwed anyways, though the least we can do is try.