tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764328218611568829.post8532019153681241196..comments2024-03-13T19:49:05.520-07:00Comments on The Adventures of Shylock Holmes: Feminism and BirthratesShylock Holmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00446165270035271752noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764328218611568829.post-40722896766424837802023-08-08T13:07:21.179-07:002023-08-08T13:07:21.179-07:00Lovelyy postLovelyy postMarkushttps://markusforbes.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764328218611568829.post-66126852382863380962018-01-05T19:38:59.121-08:002018-01-05T19:38:59.121-08:00Fascinating. I appreciate this is written in a man...Fascinating. I appreciate this is written in a manner that's easy enough for lay people like myself to comprehend. (Seriously.)<br /><br />Children used to be regarded as a necessity as well as a future work force for the family. They were a resource that would help obtain other resources.<br /><br />Now they are viewed as a luxury, and one that you pour "luxuries" into. Diaper changing of siblings, cooking, cleaning, chores? Those can be hired out apparently. <br /><br />Logically, if you have large enough families, the attention you give to each child is limited to what you can give to the others, assuming you favor one child more than the other - similar to the role the first-born played back in the day.<br /><br />Now we have maybe two kids at most and we pour far more into them then we would have if we have 10 kids. There are both obvious benefits and drawbacks to this.<br /><br />Currently me and my wife have two sons, one 10 months and another 20 months old - to give you an idea of how long we waited - and it's at this initial stage that the time and resource demand are likely at their highest. If we didn't have my mother around to babysit during the day, I don't know how we would afford childcare on top of a mortgage payment. <br /><br />And that right there is precisely it.<br /><br />Lack of a large support network and immediate family - free babysitting, resources, etc. ensures that having children - is going to be a tough ordeal. It gets put off until the time is right - which for 95% of people will never be right - especially in a consumer materialist entertainment mindset which many people's worldview seems to be consumed by. People want everything now - hedonism included. The future can wait or simply when it comes to reproduction, never occur.<br /><br />The real curse of modernity is the isolation and extended distances of families to each other. No real immediate pressure to be responsible, have children, etc. <br /><br /><br />ltarmenia4ever@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08056383457023073580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764328218611568829.post-10178089908505336332017-12-30T04:38:42.169-08:002017-12-30T04:38:42.169-08:00Yes, each thing contributes in its own way. But, w...Yes, each thing contributes in its own way. But, we see that loss of deontological sense to "be fruitful and multiply" contributes too. Unlike Amish and OrthoJews, Mormons aren't really cut-off from contemporary culture. And yet...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14387061181175539546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764328218611568829.post-36126631596128433202017-12-28T23:34:33.056-08:002017-12-28T23:34:33.056-08:00That's a great point. In that sense, if you vi...That's a great point. In that sense, if you view children as being a consumption good, maybe the complaint that people can't have as many as they want isn't so surprising - people always want to consume more than they can afford.<br /><br />I think the consumption VS production version is a really good point, especially for understanding the long term trend. To my view, the Feminism part of the analysis kicks in more in the 20th century. In particular, I think there's a part of the decline that kicks in during the post-agriculture period. But in the bigger picture, it almost is like genetic variation coming from lots of genes. The overall result is made up of lots of parts, each of which add somewhat to the overall disastrous trend. Shylock Holmeshttp://shylockholmes.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764328218611568829.post-85037277930086374902017-12-28T19:31:52.603-08:002017-12-28T19:31:52.603-08:00Here is a shorter link: https://goo.gl/8cWYCW
I a...Here is a shorter link: https://goo.gl/8cWYCW<br /><br />I address your analysis in 2nd and 3rd chapters.Luke Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290760894780619646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764328218611568829.post-83245789206948881482017-12-28T19:25:35.965-08:002017-12-28T19:25:35.965-08:00Looking for solutions? You might like my book: ht...Looking for solutions? You might like my book: https://www.amazon.com/Notes-Towards-New-Life-America-ebook/dp/B076J9D9C5/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1513548423&sr=1-1Luke Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290760894780619646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764328218611568829.post-86708916492470488832017-12-28T08:20:42.564-08:002017-12-28T08:20:42.564-08:00Schools are a big problem, that's for sure. On...Schools are a big problem, that's for sure. One thing worth mentioning perhaps is that children weren't just "cheaper to produce" but were, in fact, capital goods that payed for themselves and earned money to their parents. Back when average life expectacy was much lower, nobody would have achieved anything if he spent three decades schooling. Mass famines lead to mass infanticides, and even cannibalism, but in normal circumstances children were "another pair of hands" fully employed to work, and thus very profitable. But today, we think that child labor is something horible, but consigning children to mind-rape prisons a supreme good.<br /><br />Also, it would appear that egalitarian culture creates taboos that act in lieu of legal regulation, regulation that prevents existence of many jobs, because today they are considered untasteful at best (such as, for example, manservant) and thus in combination with the welfare state and the cult of schooling prevents lower classes from having a gainful employment, instead sending their children to criminal factories that are schools.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14387061181175539546noreply@blogger.com