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Master Don Juan
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I guess I could start with the "family" in that this is, or at least, WAS a primary motivator in a young man's desire to work hard, succeed and produce. Originally the man would do all the production and the wife would take care of the house and little kinder. He'd come home to a loving wife, obedient children and was rewarded with a family. Of course things have changed.
Now the division of labor between worker and home-care-take was too logical, too efficient and obviously oppressive. Now nobody stays home to take care of the kids, the kids grow up maladjusted, causing more psychological strife for the man at home. A home that he presumably would retreat to, to decompress, relax and be reinvigorated for the next day of work. Now he has a wife that is equally stressed out, the home is in disarray, the kids are misbehaving, they really won't leave until they're 26, and did I mention most men didn't want kids to begin with? If anything, the chaos that has been left in the wake of outsourcing parenting to the government has turned a man's castle into just another office where he works a second job.
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Well let's look at progressive taxation, no small part in which was brought to you by disproportionately socialist-and-democrat-voting women who want more of your money to take care of their...er...I mean "the" chilllllllldreeeeeennnnn. Again, I'm no economist (oh, wait, I am), but it seems to me the more I work the higher percentage of my money you're going to take away from me is going to provide a disincentive to work. The enslaved married Beta Atlas can't shrug, but I and millions of other unmarried, childless men can. Again, congratulations, production reduced.
Well, at least what I worked for I get to keep, right? I mean it's not like the government would CONFISCATE my assets or anything? They'll tax my income, but not my wealth, right?
I guess I could start with the "family" in that this is, or at least, WAS a primary motivator in a young man's desire to work hard, succeed and produce. Originally the man would do all the production and the wife would take care of the house and little kinder. He'd come home to a loving wife, obedient children and was rewarded with a family. Of course things have changed.
Now the division of labor between worker and home-care-take was too logical, too efficient and obviously oppressive. Now nobody stays home to take care of the kids, the kids grow up maladjusted, causing more psychological strife for the man at home. A home that he presumably would retreat to, to decompress, relax and be reinvigorated for the next day of work. Now he has a wife that is equally stressed out, the home is in disarray, the kids are misbehaving, they really won't leave until they're 26, and did I mention most men didn't want kids to begin with? If anything, the chaos that has been left in the wake of outsourcing parenting to the government has turned a man's castle into just another office where he works a second job.
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Well let's look at progressive taxation, no small part in which was brought to you by disproportionately socialist-and-democrat-voting women who want more of your money to take care of their...er...I mean "the" chilllllllldreeeeeennnnn. Again, I'm no economist (oh, wait, I am), but it seems to me the more I work the higher percentage of my money you're going to take away from me is going to provide a disincentive to work. The enslaved married Beta Atlas can't shrug, but I and millions of other unmarried, childless men can. Again, congratulations, production reduced.
Well, at least what I worked for I get to keep, right? I mean it's not like the government would CONFISCATE my assets or anything? They'll tax my income, but not my wealth, right?
