- Dec 18, 2010
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I thought about putting this in off topic, but since the discussion will revolve around the current political situation, I decided to put it here.
If we go back 100, 200, 500, 1000 years we had rampant disease, periodic starvation, wars,,, and people still reproduced.
Today, we live in an oppressive society that is overly regulated.
The US is deep in debt, and has no solution in sight.
Seems every nation and their brother and sister has nuclear weapons.
Cost of living has outpaces wages.
With all of this and more, why would anyone want to bring a child into the world?
Even basic stuff, such as home ownership is a fading dream for most people.
College education cost a fortune.
There was once a time when a person could finish high school, then go to work in a shipyard, steel mill, car factory,, and earn a good living. But those days are far behind us.
Why would I want to bring a child into the world, only to watch that child struggle with college, struggle to buy a home, struggle to find a job,,,.
As humanity progresses, shouldn't things get easier? Shouldn't getting an education get cheaper and easier? Shouldn't owning a home get cheaper and easier? Its as if humanity reached a pinnacle in the 1970s, and it was downhill from there.
Wages have stagnated since the 1990s, while cost of living has skyrocketed, especially the cost of home ownership.
If we go back 100, 200, 500, 1000 years we had rampant disease, periodic starvation, wars,,, and people still reproduced.
Today, we live in an oppressive society that is overly regulated.
The US is deep in debt, and has no solution in sight.
Seems every nation and their brother and sister has nuclear weapons.
Cost of living has outpaces wages.
With all of this and more, why would anyone want to bring a child into the world?
Even basic stuff, such as home ownership is a fading dream for most people.
College education cost a fortune.
There was once a time when a person could finish high school, then go to work in a shipyard, steel mill, car factory,, and earn a good living. But those days are far behind us.
Why would I want to bring a child into the world, only to watch that child struggle with college, struggle to buy a home, struggle to find a job,,,.
As humanity progresses, shouldn't things get easier? Shouldn't getting an education get cheaper and easier? Shouldn't owning a home get cheaper and easier? Its as if humanity reached a pinnacle in the 1970s, and it was downhill from there.
Wages have stagnated since the 1990s, while cost of living has skyrocketed, especially the cost of home ownership.
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