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BabyPeterzz said:
You don’t know any trans people or kids. I do.
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The trans people or kids aren’t the issue. If you know some then I hope you are kind to them. It is the parents that I have a problem with. It is like my objecting to a parent letting their toddler play on the freeway, pointing out how dangerous it is, and receiving back something to the effect of my hating toddlers. No, no. It is not the toddler that is in the wrong and I am not denying the toddler exists or that the toddler wants to play on the freeway.

BabyPeterzz said:
Mesogeny, white supremacy, and poor male role models are leaving men sexless and alone. Women don’t want to reproduce, or be around, dumb toxic dudes. Thus they’re being weeded out of the gene pool. They can’t compete, so they just die out. It’s happening all over the world.
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The problem isn’t misogyny, racism, or any of the rabbit holes you’ve gone down. There certainly isn’t more of any of those things now in 2025 than there were a hundred or a thousand years ago. The issue is far simpler. It is too much choice. Humans are weird in that too much choice makes them unhappy. It is a well-studied phenomenon called the ‘paradox of choice’.

If you purchased a jar of apricot jam from a store than only had three flavors of jam, you’d be more happy with your purchase than if you has purchased that exact same jar of apricot jam from a store that had 200 flavors of jam. It is the same product, but your happiness is different.

Women today have more choice that ever in history, and they’re miserable. A reasonably attractive girl could sign up on a dating app and have an inbox full of a hundred potential suitors before the end of the day. If she picks any one of them, she won’t be happy because she could have selected from the other 99, or any of the hundred the next day, or the hundred the day after that. The fascinating part is that women seem to understand the abundance of choice is making them unhappy and are imposing unreachable standards to reduce the choices available. It is not that a 6’3” guy earning $100k would make them more happy. It is that they are rare, with few to select from, and that scarcity of choice is what makes happiness.
 
Al-O-Meter said:
The trans people or kids aren’t the issue. If you know some then I hope you are kind to them. It is the parents that I have a problem with. It is like my objecting to a parent letting their toddler play on the freeway, pointing out how dangerous it is, and receiving back something to the effect of my hating toddlers. No, no. It is not the toddler that is in the wrong and I am not denying the toddler exists or that the toddler wants to play on the freeway.


The problem isn’t misogyny, racism, or any of the rabbit holes you’ve gone down. There certainly isn’t more of any of those things now in 2025 than there were a hundred or a thousand years ago. The issue is far simpler. It is too much choice. Humans are weird in that too much choice makes them unhappy. It is a well-studied phenomenon called the ‘paradox of choice’.

If you purchased a jar of apricot jam from a store than only had three flavors of jam, you’d be more happy with your purchase than if you has purchased that exact same jar of apricot jam from a store that had 200 flavors of jam. It is the same product, but your happiness is different.

Women today have more choice that ever in history, and they’re miserable. A reasonably attractive girl could sign up on a dating app and have an inbox full of a hundred potential suitors before the end of the day. If she picks any one of them, she won’t be happy because she could have selected from the other 99, or any of the hundred the next day, or the hundred the day after that. The fascinating part is that women seem to understand the abundance of choice is making them unhappy and are imposing unreachable standards to reduce the choices available. It is not that a 6’3” guy earning $100k would make them more happy. It is that they are rare, with few to select from, and that scarcity of choice is what makes happiness.
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lol, ok boy.

It’s definitely not because women don’t want to **** stupid, radicalized, mouth breathers. You’ve always been losers and you will continue to be losers. You’re cursed. It’s not trans parents or womens fault either. It’s your inability to adapt. No wants to **** you anymore. You’re gross.

Dude, it’s amazing you’re still alive.


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TheGoldStandard said:
I am not attacking the validity of having Social Security. I am saying it has been mismanaged. I am also saying older generations getting a windfall because our representatives refuse to make needed changes (benefit level, age, contribution limits) it leaves current and future generations being negatively affected.

WIthin 10 yrs the reserve is gone and people won't get their full benefit. We have known this was coming for decades, but legislators don't do anything to fix the issue.

It is mind numbing to see these political arguments and mentions of socialism when discussing a problem like this.
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I agree with this for sure.

The mention of socialism is because a big part of our politicians not addressing this issue is the false narrative among a big part of the electorate that any social assistance like this means we are becoming "socialist", which is viewed as evil. So they are afraid to tackle it for real for fear of losing the vote and their cushy and lucrative jobs, not to mention the non-stop lobbying from big corporations who do not want to pay the taxes that would be necessary to right the ship at this point, so they can continue to give their wealthy investors stock buy-backs to increase their wealth.

No matter how you slice it this requires 3 things to get right (minimum of these 3 IMO): 1) Increase in payments into the system - most likely from increased taxes, preferably corporate (we cannot cut taxes forever and keep any of this **** going); 2) Better management of the trust funds - better investment, enshrine it into law to leave it the **** alone, etc. and 3) a shift in focus for our politicians to embrace what social security is supposed to be and ensure it is protected accordingly. Of these, especially under the current administration, none of them will happen in any meaningful way, in fact we face the 4th option more than any other - they simply cut the payout to keep the fund going longer. So more people move into poverty while corporations engage in those stock buy-backs and other gifts to the already wealthy. This is completely bass-ackward if you ask me. We have lost sight of what it means to be a functioning society in favor of promoting the oligarchy that currently runs the country. Idiocracy here we come!
 
TheGoldStandard said:
I agree it has been mismanaged, and why I think there are better forms of retirement security, as big government is great at fiscal mismanagement.

I also agree the payments are low, but when there are more payouts than payments into the fund, then yes, there is a problem.

Replace SS with special forced contribution individualized retirement accounts with annuitized payments at retirement, making ESOPs (employee ownership of companies through employer funded retirement plans) more attainable, give tax credits as a matching retirement plan contribution for lower income individuals that out money in these accounts. A lot can be done to ensure retirement security and it does not get done.

When I worked for the federal government, they hired excess staff to ensure full capacity when they anticipated hiring freezes. We literally had 4 staff members with zero duties. Each year we'd get all kinds of new equipment, carpet replacement, etc., because if we spent less that our allocated budget, our allocation for the next year would go down. So they wasted money to keep their budget. It is insane.

Military spending has a lot of the same issues. Lots of inefficiences and mismanagement. Reducing military spending could work if done right, but keep in mind that our military employs and pays good salaries to a lot of people that would not fare nearly as well without those jobs. And as far as military spending, China and Russia are spending a lot more on military than they report. I hate war, but I feel like we need a robust military in the current environment.
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Agreed.

Here is a hybrid system that is among the best in the developed world. There are others as well. Ready-made blueprint. Problem is, the politicians will cry "SOCIALISM!!! THE DEVIL!!!" and do nothing about it.

The Dutch social security system - Welcome to NL

Our social security system is characterized by two insurance types: employee insurance and national insurance. Read more about social security.
www.welcome-to-nl.nl www.welcome-to-nl.nl
 
You guys are hilarious. Are you really going to be this angry, bitter and douche-like for 4 more years? And then start all over again when Vance takes over for 8 more years?
 
Donald Trump's approval rating at an all time high! The shocking part is how much historically disadvantaged demographic groups have come to support Trump. 49 percent of Black voters approve of Trump, while a whopping 72% of Hispanic voters approve. America seems happy with the President they got.

www.newsweek.com

Donald Trump's approval rating breaks records

In total 56 percent of people approve of Trump, according to a new poll.
www.newsweek.com www.newsweek.com
 
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