Welcome to the 5th Gen Warfare Tribe.
Given that we are experiencing rapid changes in our culture, it made sense to have a place to track the populist movements / battles as they occur, and not necessarily under the banner of politics.
For instance, Gamergate, Occupy Wallstreet, Maga Movement, and now the Wallstreet bets have all been "battles" with something in common: They cross political lines and share a common, populist root.
Here we can talk about the greater culture war and discuss the big picture for players and actions.
@adam-l Spot on. Neoliberalism has added to the worker base, adding to the tax base and made most families dependent on the state. Its a virtuous circle for the liberals, everything they want win in this and those horrid 60's and 70's feminists who wanted to destroy the patriarchy by destroying the family rejoice.
Actually, in my experience, the hardest thing about being a sole bread winner is trying to convince your lady that you (and therefore she) are not failures because you can never afford a foreign holiday. It weighs heavy on them not keeping up with the hive.
@First-light A sticking plaster indeed, agreed.
Neoliberalist two-income family has been proven a scam. They turned women into workers, in the process introducing chaos in the workplaces. Even pro-capitalist media acknowledge the rise of the "toxic" workspace. And men are being chastised for not being able to tolerate female-invaded spaces and opting out.
In the end if you want to reproduce, you need to be able to afford it.
That's true, but the current situation, where about all workers and, increasingly, the middle class are unable to afford reproduction, has been socially engineered. "Neoliberalism" about sums it up.
@adam-l I am not even sure that it did make sense back then. it still isn't fair to men to give women these privileges to be less effective and remain employed. Men are being excluded form jobs for these women and then the women are being paid equally for less than equal work.
I can see that there is an argument that it is in the interest of the state to limit the damage done by working mothers to the next generation but really that is only a sticking plaster that men are paying for. In the end if you want to reproduce, you need to be able to afford it.
The working class were able to reproduce fine before maternity leave. Children need their mother right up to primary school age, not just in the first months. Governments have gradually tried to roll out the free childcare provisions further and further to make up for the loss of mothers to children but in the end the sticking plaster is not working. Dump your kids on semi educated woman who is caring for a lot of other kids (day care) and go off to work is not the same as care for and educate your children and it shows in the weak, immature, maladjusted youth of today.
All this "tax" on employers goes into the employer's wage budget. That budget does not go to pay working men who feed families, so no wonder now its hard to keep a family on one income, regardless of excessive female expectations.
Read More@First-light when a pregnant woman meant a man was made a father, maternal leave made sense. Women were distributed to the male population, babies need their mother available otherwise they become irritated and end up mentally sttessed individuals, etc. It made sense to "tax" the employers for the benefit of reproducing their working class.
Single mothers parasitized on that provision.
@Bozza This study is a perfect example of the unfairness of maternity leave. Women are given a year off at the expense of the employer or the tax payer. They get their job kept open only to then return as under par employees and this is all fine. In fact if anyone tries to fire them even if they are terrible its sexual discrimination.
There is a religion here that says "women are equal to men" and where they are not, then it is not a problem with the truth of this tenet, there is a problem with the person who points this out . You don't question the tenets of woke it or there is blasphemy.
Darwin lived in an age where reason was prized. Faith was valued too but reason was allowed to make its case and reason eventually prevailed and faith adjusted its position. Today reason will end your career.
We live in a age of puritan tyranny.
Read More@woodsmoke well I generally didn't agree with Adam in this topic, but it is moral judgement, as well as reasonable judgment. Based on observation. It was a bad example with marriage, I th8nk it would be cll9ser to: fuck all the women you can vs where are all the virgins?
We all have different views on the war, but maybe we can all agree who of the two, Israel of Iran, was the impossible to rein in.
Calling out Lennon, or any of the others you mention, as a hypocrite, is a moral judgement.
There's no moral component to noticing and calling attention to an inconsistency between another's speech and actions. Claiming there is is, frankly, utterly baffling on every level.
You're smarter than that.
@Victor I used to think the same thing, but check out the various interviews with James Sexton on YouTube, especially those with Rollo.
He's been a divorce attorney in New York State for like 20 or 25 years.
He has never seen a judge overturn a prenup, whether it was one he drafted himself and defended during divorce, or one he tried to get overturned on behalf of a client during divorce.
They biggest thing is, don't spring it on her on the wedding day. Discuss it months in advance, advise her to get her own legal counsel, etc.
