Name33
1yr ago
This is only true if you’re a tech twink in the laptop class. The majority of 30-somethings I know have started families. Many have children already in their teens.
The decision not to have children is a symptom of extended adolescence. Men and women who remain in education through their early 20s and don’t enter the workforce until their mid-20s or later rarely have children at the optimal age (<25). This compounds as they decide their 20s are meant to be spent in a hedonistic reverie rather than thinking or planning for their future.
In other words, you’ve fallen victim to an echo chamber within your bubble. Normal people still have and care about children.
“Kicking the can down the road” is a political tradition. The American Civil War happened because the Founding Fathers, who knew slavery was untenable, made the deliberate decision to “kick the can” in the interest of uniting the States of America against enemies within and without. The Long Peace following WWII has only contributed to the distaste current political powers have for interstate violence with short-term consequences.
On the subject of “Muslim extremists,” westerners have fully committed to the white lie post-9/11 that Muslims are actually peaceful lambs ashamed at the actions of their noblest freedom fighters. The negative consequences of believing this lie are negligible so long as their home country maintains a very small Muslim population.
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