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My inbox today had an article from the Weekly Standard by Johnathon V. Last about the misconception, particularly among conservatives, that business hates government interference in the Free Market.<\/p>\n
He suggests the reason Wal-Mart suddenly showed up at the White House summit on guns was not that they were threatened, but the White House pointed out that Wal-Mart would benefit from tighter rules on the private sale of guns – forcing people who want to buy a gun to go to a store (like Wal-Mart) and buy a new gun.<\/p>\n
Mr Last primarily writes about dropping fertility rates – that half of all adult women are not married and a large portion of them have made a decision to never have children.<\/p>\n
The American culture has actively been steering young people in this direction. After WW II, it was widely understood that an important aspect of college life was one on one dating as young men and women paired up to get married after graduation and start a family.<\/p>\n
College now begins with a freshman orientation where students sit in a circle and are required to say “I am gay” to try the idea on and see how it feels. Social activities are focused on being members of a group group rather than couples. Universities are aggressively over recruiting women and excluding males. Very little of education (formal or informal) is teaching young people how to be successful spouses and parents. Financial demands for government subsidies of seniors draw away a larger and larger portion of the earnings of young people that used to be spent on buying a house and raising children.<\/p>\n
It takes decades for declining birth rates to show their effects – in the beginning life is great as childless singles have excess income – he specifically mentions that single never married males will voluntarily withdraw from the work force (which exactly describes me) – but the “end game” of this social structure can be seen in Japan where the countryside is depopulating and is mostly people 70+ years old and the few young single people still being raised end up in the cities, which are not generally a place conducive to raising children.<\/p>\n
So what’s the answer? More religion? Government subsidy? Or are humans the problem and depopulation is a good thing?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
http:\/\/m.weeklystandard.com\/articles\/nation-singles_664275.html My inbox today had an article from the Weekly Standard by Johnathon V. Last about the misconception, particularly among conservatives, that business hates government interference in the Free Market. He suggests the reason Wal-Mart suddenly showed up at the … Continue reading