Republicans wanted fewer abortions and more births. They are getting the opposite : childfree

[–] [email protected] 74 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Very good article. I wish it would have connected the dots just a bit more though. You know what stops me from having children?

That daycare is unaffordable so one of us would have to work fulltime just to pay for childcare.
The public school system is constantly being underfunded or worse, defunded, and if I had a child they would deserve an education.
That PBS is being defunded so the few actually educational programs (the ones I even grew up with) are at risk
College is completely unaffordable without massive parental help
The job market is at best, iffy over the next few decades
Housing is so unaffordable that it would take too much away from my child to pay for mine, let alone if they want to have a home
The giant huge fucking elephant in the room of the climate disaster - sitting here in a heatwave that is somehow again "Once in a century" for the umpteenth time while we do absolutely nothing to curb it. I'm not bringing a child into a dying world for their profit.
I want us to be able to get an abortion if it comes to that, I don't want to see my spouse die just because she's pregnant and some politician says that the unborn child's life is worth more than hers.

Seriously, all of these are fixable problems and they've been doing the exact opposite! If they implemented even half of these it would completely change my mind about having kids, but no I guess having a 200 dollar annual tax credit bump is enough in their minds after defunding everything else I would depend on.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It’s a bigger loss for them if those problems were fixed because smart/intelligent people are harder to control. Hence the gutting of any sort of education. They want old style slavery in a modern world.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Okay that's true I admit, I'm well educated, and I want others to be too. Just like Idiocracy told us though people who don't see how bad it is won't be bothered and will have children anyway. 200 bucks ho boy let's get busy!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

"I don't want to live in a society where everyone is a goddamn moron."

[–] [email protected] 15 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

But how do you implement all that to only help white Americans?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

We are way past that point... the whites now get treated like the rest of the undesirables. Serves them right for picking the wrong side during the civil rights period.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Okay how about only for rich white Americans?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 15 hours ago

The rich already get everything that's best. They don't need government to create systems for them, sorry social systems. Goverments job is to create "good" regulatory regimes and tax code that taxes the peasants heavy while not taxing them much.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

I also enjoy generalizing

[–] [email protected] 39 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

Who knew that creating a bleak hostile world creates a mindset that you don't want to bring more life into this hellhole?

You know what would create a mentality of wanting to be a parent? Having food assistance. Having a stable job and ecconomy. Having a life where you don't worry about becoming homeless if one thing goes wrong while the president creates and deletes tarrifs on an hourly basis to manipulate the ecconomy for his own personal playtoy.

Imagine living in a world created for EVERYBODY to have a bright tomorrow. Not just 1%. Maybe then people would want to bring life into that world.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Haha these Nazi dumbasses didn't realize we just wouldn't have children...it's a choice...want more kids, make raising kids viable.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 17 hours ago

it’s a choice

not for long!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

The wealthy have been wriiting about eugenics since before this country was founded. And the wealthy arent having any problems having kids, in fact they are averaging higher than replacement unlike the rest of us

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Cool. Let them farm, build, clean, and repair everything. Cause my nonexistent kids or their nonexistent descendants aren't going to do that.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

exactly. republicans are not pro-life. republicans are pro-wedge-issue because that's the only way they get votes from lower/middle class people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

It works and their owners love it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah but the rich elite don't want happy, hopeful people that are optimistic about the future. They want people that work for them because they have no choice. Slaves. They want your kids to be slaves. Zuckerberg's bunker needs tending by dumb people that just want steady food and water.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago

They want people that work for them because they have no choice. Slaves.

Always has been this way, the question is of the degree. We have been seeing a trend reversal for the last 40 years, and the fuckening is getting unbearable.

Socio-economic conditions result in the this headline but the leadership can't admit it since it would require some sort of response that would benefit the peasants.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

The rich are finally getting their wish to completely crush all the lower classes and you're here telling us to imagine a world where the most wealthy aren't the most greedy and vicious...

[–] [email protected] 28 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The rate of voluntary sterilization among young women jumped abruptly after Dobbs, and there’s no reason to believe it will drop off

whelp, now we know the next thing in their crosshairs.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

Men can get vasectomies.

If any guy out there is thinking about it, it's a simple, easy procedure that actually isn't that painful.

Edit: I blocked [email protected] ages ago but apparently they're still following me around and downvoting.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

To expand: Got mine several years ago. I was literally in a cold sweat shaking in fear when I got into that doctor's office and it ended up being a total cakewalk. You basically get one pinch that feels like someone snapped you in the groin with a rubber band, and then you're pretty much done. I was way more worried than I needed to be. Sat in a lazy boy with peas on my junk for a few days and was right back at it.

Also, don't make your lady get sterilized just because you're a bitch. The female process is so much more invasive/painful.

Edit: fun fact, those stirrup things on the doctor table are actually kinda comfy. I dont understand the complaints.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

Same! The really important part is the after care. If you ignore the doctors instructions you can have blood pool up in your scrotum and if it's bad enough they'll have to extract it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Vasectomies can also be reversed, that's correct right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Yes. And actually often reverse themselves over time as it heals, so make sure to go to your checkups to make sure you're still shooting blanks.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Yes, and they're safer than women getting their tubes tied by a wide margin. There is no guarantee a reversal will work though so if you're on the fence about kids either wait or freeze some of your sperm and plan for IV or something like that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

This is good but to add on, it's generally safe but is still a surgical procedure and can lead to complications.

Anyone should still do their due diligence to make sure this is the right move for themselves.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 16 hours ago

Unless you want to pay child support for 200,000 children, I would hold off on freezing /s

[–] [email protected] 6 points 17 hours ago

HMM! Have they Tried MAYBE taking money AWAY from Childcare Services so Jeff Bezos can buy a New Jet? That MIGHT help Solve the Problem! If it doesn't maybe taking AWAY Healthcare from the Parents could ALSO help ~~Jeff afford a New Jet~~ this baby making problem!