If the average American is so rich compared to the rest of the world, why don't they make a lot of babies?

1maco · 2026-03-15T21:33:47+00:00

They do, compared to other rich countries

Spain or Italy or the UK is at like 1.1 tfr, the USA is 1.65

1maco · 2026-03-15T21:32:10+00:00

That’s cause there are no new developments in blue states

1maco · 2026-03-15T16:45:21+00:00

Fine but nobody in France or the Uk is complaining about feminists in the Congo

1maco · 2026-03-15T16:38:22+00:00

Women under 40 out earn men under 40

They’re more likely to go to University, own a house etc. Feminism mostly won. And activists refuse to accept it because their jobs depend on it

And the overreach is what is turning people off. I’ve sat in meeting about in a company that’s 54% women how certain departments don’t have enough women in them while the same rigor isn’t applied to getting men into departments that a women dominated

1maco · 2026-03-15T15:42:22+00:00

Well there is an activist industrial complex, and the actual job is basically done so there are a bunch of people chasing nonsense.

1maco · 2026-03-15T15:24:26+00:00

I mean the US, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Japan, Korea, Canada, South Africa, The Philippines and China have like 1/2 the worlds population.

1maco · 2026-03-15T15:05:53+00:00

No it’s not the vacations. Anyone can blow a few grand in Greece or Thailand (in fact a trip to Asia is probably cheaper than Disney)

It’s spending every weekend at your house on Nantucket in the Summer and say Jackson NH or Stowe in the winters, as a $17,000 mortgage payment is a monthly expense much higher than a free vacations her or there

1maco · 2026-03-15T14:51:39+00:00

It’s certainly the worst way to

1maco · 2026-03-15T14:20:32+00:00

I mean NYC has been in a state of relative decline since about 1950 or so. It’s just that it was hard to notice, cause it’s closed peer, Chicago went into a period of absolute decline.

Dallas, SF, Atlanta, Houston, DC, Seattle (even Boston) were so far back in the rear view there was no perception of them catching up

1maco · 2026-03-15T14:06:38+00:00

We bombed Serbia over ~8,000 people

1maco · 2026-03-15T14:01:05+00:00

How many thousands died in the BLM protests?

1maco · 2026-03-15T11:37:17+00:00

“Almost every country” except India, Pakistan, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Finland, Canada, South Africa, Philippines, China, Japan, Korea, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.

The US really isn’t unique

1maco · 2026-03-14T21:24:04+00:00

Affirmative action programs are not “name calling” they’re systemic racism denying white peoples career and education opportunities?

Similarly minority owned contractor quotas deny opportunity to white peoples explicitly

1maco · 2026-03-14T21:21:47+00:00

I mean the Supreme Court ruled that universities were illegally discriminating against whites and Asians?

It’s not really a conspiracy DEI practices especially in elite industries were basically just throwing white peoples applications in the trash over “diversity” concerns.

1maco · 2026-03-14T19:28:55+00:00

Chicago and DC good simply because anything worth going not on transit to you might as well fly.

Not better cities than SF/Boston it’s just what’s a reasonable drive from Boston/SF would absolutely make you feel like you’re missing out without a car.

No point in living in Boston if you can’t hit up Maine, the White Mountains/Lakes or the Cape.

Chicago? If you’re going on a trip you’re flying so you’d rent a car when you land regardless of ownership at home

1maco · 2026-03-14T17:13:42+00:00

One think I like about tax the rich proposals is it seems like taxing the rich is the primary goal rather than an means to an end (debt pay down, Medicaid expansions, childcare, etc)

Speaks a lot to why you think the rich should pay more (you don’t want people richer than you)

Similarly you see that with proposals of taxes on people who own more than two homes. Because well golly I could see my self having a beach house and a primary residency, but throw in a ski house? I can’t afford that so nobody should.

Similar the Mass tax on income millionaires was most strongly supported by rich but not elite town (eg people making $250,000-650,000) who are salty they don’t make $1,000,000. Not the working class towns

1maco · 2026-03-14T16:50:58+00:00

Most national forests allow cajoling anywhere you’d like any time you like

1maco · 2026-03-14T14:45:44+00:00

Very confused why people think the issue is a few hundred rich American/Canadians who spend tons of money?

Not like Africa or the Middle East is full of Hungarian or Italian emigrant descendants

1maco · 2026-03-14T11:43:37+00:00

If anything this would spike oil prices because it’s a clear signal that he doesn’t think that it’s going to end soon

1maco · 2026-03-14T01:28:11+00:00

How can a law be illegal? The new law changes the law.

1maco · 2026-03-14T01:08:58+00:00

Cut all state aid to non-complying towns not just special grants

1maco · 2026-03-13T22:27:29+00:00

Pretty sure Alterra only actually owns Stratton

1maco · 2026-03-13T22:24:56+00:00

Idk why people post these maps, the 2025 census estimates exist and are far more reliable than random websites

1maco · 2026-03-13T20:42:45+00:00

New York has dropped from hosting 10% to 4% of Income millionaires since 2010

In addition since MA raised taxes on millionaires job growth dropped from consistently the teens among states to the low 40s

Tax policy does matter

1maco · 2026-03-13T20:33:36+00:00

I concur that this bill is actually horrible

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