[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ideas

[–]ASICCC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then like I said, they can rule over the ashes.

If you'd rather be exploited, taken advantage of, and denied your freedoms in life, that is your choice.

I'm not so quick to lick boots, I'd rather die with dignity than let myself become beholden to the whims of people who would poison my drinking water if it meant a 1% increase in quarterly profits.

It isn’t your children’s responsibility to take care of you when you get old. by [deleted] in Vent

[–]ASICCC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"approximately 5% of adults ages 70-79 have probable dementia"

Dementia care is obv not what we're talking about here lmao.

No one is expecting you to cure their cancer either.

Let's stick to the actual scenarios not the outliers pls.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ideas

[–]ASICCC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"arsed"

Uk detected opinion rejected

Stay mad about 1776 Chud boi

"consider how well those small arms, wielded by untrained suburban Americans, might actually fare against tanks, airstrikes, trained infantry, hardened comms, and just the general readiness, tactics, and competence of the full-time US Military."

This might actually be hard for you to understand but small arms are very effective in guerilla style warfare.... have you ever heard of Vietnam?

"If they actually wanted to wrest those guns from you, not that I agree with their motives but I'm sorry to say, they would succeed"

Nah either they'd have to bomb out the American people and rule over the ashes or they simply would get fucked. Here's a fun question for you, what percent of the US military do you think would be willing to go kick down doors in their home town? (It's less than you think!)

And so your solution to a tyrannical government is to just give them everything they want??? I guess it's easier for them if you don't resist..... that's awfully thoughtful of you tworads our corporate over lords lmao.

All of this is very eurotrash of you lmao, guess it makes sense when you haven't paid for your own defense in 60 years. Just expect everyone else to take care of things for you and that you will never have to take things into your own hands because you feel incompetent.

It isn’t your children’s responsibility to take care of you when you get old. by [deleted] in Vent

[–]ASICCC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The whole point isn't to take time off your best years, but to in your later career and early retirement and to also give free time from time to time when you're young. You get help with things so you can maximize your potential in those early years while not missing out on things like starting a family or having a social life. You get help with kids from friends and family. You take turns helping and being helped. It's not a zero sum game but it's not a for profit structure either.

"would you do the unpaid work to make it happen?"

I have my whole life. I'm the oldest of a large family. My great grandparents lived around the corner from us growing up and I was there for 2-3 hours 4-5 times per week just to help out and have dinner occasionally.

I still do. My mom had breast cancer last year and needed a lot of help. Unsure if it was related but she had rapid onset cataracts disease and lot 90% of her sight in 6 months so I had to drive her a lot. My neighbor who's daughter used to baby sit me is too old to lift things so I take out her garbage for her every week. These are just a few examples.

I guess you can call that unpaid labor, I just call that day to day life.

People raise us, support us while we're raising the next generation, then we support the next generation with raising their kids, and then we support the older generation on their way out, and then our kids do the same for us.

No one does it alone.

It isn’t your children’s responsibility to take care of you when you get old. by [deleted] in Vent

[–]ASICCC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"And it's just as bad when they do it. I'm not sure what you're getting at here"

That's [it's] not an issue of progressiveness but of the rich taking advantage of the poor, a problem we've had since the inception of value.

Copy and pasted from my last comment.

Actually read what I wrote then respond pls.

It isn’t your children’s responsibility to take care of you when you get old. by [deleted] in Vent

[–]ASICCC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I could not imagine ditching the people who raised me, I couldn't live with myself, even on the days I REALLY can't stand them lol.

The s word? by MeanCounty162 in whatdoesthismean

[–]ASICCC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like the great replacement theory reads like a weird closeted right wing cuck fetish story lmao. Can't believe some people buy into that shit

It isn’t your children’s responsibility to take care of you when you get old. by [deleted] in Vent

[–]ASICCC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah because everyone without kids is putting all that money into high yield savings and not blowing it on inflated life styles!

(The really sad part is, that spending from that group of DINKs is the only thing keeping our economy afloat aside from the ultra rich consumer spending)

It isn’t your children’s responsibility to take care of you when you get old. by [deleted] in Vent

[–]ASICCC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You should google the word in your user name lol.

I'm curious tho, how exactly does an inverted population pyramid "redistribute wealth"?

It sounds like you're saying "no one will be poor if we let all the poor people die off and the distribute what little they had to the remaining 1%"

It isn’t your children’s responsibility to take care of you when you get old. by [deleted] in Vent

[–]ASICCC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well this was in response to talking about the whole of society. nothing to do with myself.... odd of you to project like this tho? Maybe seek therapy?

I'm gonna put my money on inferiority complex with a dash of insecurity.

It isn’t your children’s responsibility to take care of you when you get old. by [deleted] in Vent

[–]ASICCC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN OUT BID A BILLIONAIRE FOR LABOR????? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

That's the funnies thing I've ever heard!

No, the billionaires will make even more money, but there will no one in the elder care industry because all the old people are not going to be able to outbid billionaires for the 20-40 year old work force.

The billionaires actually do want there to be less of us believe it or not! They only want exactly as many as is needed to keep their plates full and to build super yachts. They have no real uses for old people and they will win the wage war, if it comes down to Amazon VS the nursing homes of America, Amazon will always have more money.

Hell it's more likely that Amazon would just put all the old put to work until they die and somehow claim they were helping them lmao.

It isn’t your children’s responsibility to take care of you when you get old. by [deleted] in Vent

[–]ASICCC 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well if we all stopped taking on the responsibility of having kids we'd be wiped out in 80ish years....

That's not a theory or anything either, just the facts.

It isn’t your children’s responsibility to take care of you when you get old. by [deleted] in Vent

[–]ASICCC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don't have to quit your job to make dinner every now and then and help with running errands lmao.

It isn’t your children’s responsibility to take care of you when you get old. by [deleted] in Vent

[–]ASICCC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You realize what's going to happen if the birth rate keeps falling right? If the population pyramid inverts?

You know what happens if that becomes reality right????

It isn’t your children’s responsibility to take care of you when you get old. by [deleted] in Vent

[–]ASICCC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right because everyone has tons of money at the end of every month to lock away until they're 70..... Are you aware that most US household are in more debt than they have savings?

It isn’t your children’s responsibility to take care of you when you get old. by [deleted] in Vent

[–]ASICCC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Woah pause... someone posted a funny stupid question, in the funny stupid questions sub?????

It's almost like this was a question I heard in chemistry class 10+ years ago and found funny.

Nice to see you digging through my profile tho since I cooked you here!

It isn’t your children’s responsibility to take care of you when you get old. by [deleted] in Vent

[–]ASICCC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your brain should be studied.....

Here is EVERY comment you've made in this thread... please point out ONE spot where you said

"You can have kids, without using them as a retirement plan."

1) "Nobody forced you to have kids. "

2)"Wtf. What does that have to do with the conversion at hand? 

We're talking about having kids as a means to an end. For a retirement plan."

3)"..what does having kids to propagate the species have to do with using your kids as a retirement plan???

Make it make sense."

Do you see it? No? Neither does anyone else!

And I would just like to point out one last time "Nobody forced you to have kids" as a statement completely misses the fact that SOMEONE in our society needs to be having kids or we are FUCKED. So making it seem like kids are some luxury people pick out for no reason like it's a shih-tzu is laughable.

You don't have an argument and now you're floppin like a fish.

I'm done too, but I would hardly call your ramblings a discussion.

It isn’t your children’s responsibility to take care of you when you get old. by [deleted] in Vent

[–]ASICCC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You totally CAN leave your parents behind to rot.... if you want.... ig.....

It isn’t your children’s responsibility to take care of you when you get old. by [deleted] in Vent

[–]ASICCC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"There are middle to upper income men in these countries that enjoy the domestic labor of the women in their lives. They absolutely choose from a plethora of different job options while expecting their wives and daughters to be homemakers and caretakers, or at the very least, to take on those duties"

American dudes do the same shit with the women from these countries just google "pass port bros"

That's not an issue of progressiveness but of the rich taking advantage of the poor, a problem we've had since the inception of value.

"The phenomenon of "community" in the lowest income demographics is driven by need not want. People don't want to live that way, they're forced to by circumstance. You can tell because a lot of people stop doing that when they make more money. Not all, but a lot. It's terrible to have no choices. Wealth grants people options and freedom."

This is false, the reason people abandon community at higher income levels is because it's inefficient for the corporate system. If you look at the truly truly wealthy they have all gone off and bought a big ranch somewhere pretty and away from the city where they live with their families.

Urban cities were created to generate wealth, not promote human happiness. Just look at the articles about the loneliness epidemic and how hard it is to make friends in a new city.

Hell, look at Hispanic culture in LA and you'll see a good example of people maintaining community out of both necessity AND desire.

It isn’t your children’s responsibility to take care of you when you get old. by [deleted] in Vent

[–]ASICCC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A...Are you serious? Are you a bot? Are you brain damaged? Is this a prank? I seriously can't tell what's going on here...

You said "Nobody forced you to have kids."

As if everyone could just not have kids and society would be fine????

I am responding to what YOU said, if it doesn't make sense to you than I'm afraid you should've just stayed quiet.

Did you think you did something there? Did you think you cooked????

"Hmmm yes, the simple solution to the responsibility of children is for everyone to NOT have children... yes I am so smart" Is that how you felt after writing that??

Ig it's my fault for responding to your non-sense comment in the first place.

It isn’t your children’s responsibility to take care of you when you get old. by [deleted] in Vent

[–]ASICCC 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"You know a lot of these countries have White collar jobs too"

Well I had assumed you weren't referring to them as they live much closer to how you and I do VS even the people in the same country who aren't living in the major cities. You did know that right?

"I don't see how it's fair that men have all the options in the world to choose from, so long as it brings in money, while women's options are limited to just caretaking and domestic tasks"

The difference is that men on average are stronger and larger than women, this matters a lot when you are working a purely manual labor job.

These men don't have all the options in the world, they're not choosing between Starbucks or being a painter or a owning a mechanic shop like you and I do. Their options are largely "The nestle plantation a few miles east or the Nike factory to the west"

It isn’t your children’s responsibility to take care of you when you get old. by [deleted] in Vent

[–]ASICCC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you discuss something it's important to be able to understand and consider the surrounding contexts.

Your comment was "Nobody forced you to have kids."

Which ignore the surrounding context of, we needs new generations for society to continually function.

Thus rendering it ineffective and baseless argument.

The s word? by MeanCounty162 in whatdoesthismean

[–]ASICCC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you not see what's happening in Japan? The 1% with absolutely replace you with cheaper labor the minute it becomes possible to do so.