Quote: (05-04-2019 12:59 PM)Disco_Volante Wrote:
Most millennials can't articulate HOW boomers screwed them over, so they're incapable of fixing it anyways. Or the reasons why 1950-1990 America had a higher quality of life for normal citizens.
I'd say boomers are a bit less delusional than millennials, but boomers reaped the rewards of place and time.
Edit: Is not having kids almost exclusively a white phenomena? liberal and conservative young whites aren't having kids. Do other races simply not care about the financial hardship? Or are whites too concerned about the financial part?
This last question struck me, Disco....something I think about often. The answer is both simple and not so simple, with a few different layers...
Not having kids I wouldn't say is strictly a white phenomena. It's more so a sign of the times. HOWEVER, it seems to have the biggest universal affect on whites the most. Let me try and articulate my point.
I've casually dated/fucked predominantly Latina women in my life who are either the first born in the US, or from their respective countries. Latin people generally believe in big family units and it's rare that some sort of extended family is not within 1 to 30 miles from them. Simply put, they have the SUPPORT OF EXTENDED FAMILY to help them raise a child. Whether is comes in the form of finance, babysitting, etc. Whites have the highest degree of INDIVIDUALITY of any race, thus they do not have the support of the community/family the way a Latin does or other races for that matter. You can make a case for ethnic whites living in enclaves but even that is dying a quick death. Whites do mention finance a lot with when pertaining to kids as they tend to want their kids in the best schools, have good food, vacations, play expensive travel sports, and all of these things cost a good chunk of change. Factor in that whites generally live in better areas and as a result have higher taxes, higher home prices, and higher cost of living in general. When you add all these up, the white upper-middle class family who makes 100k as a household with two kids does not have much left over, Thus, most whites do not see it as practical to have a boatload of kids. Whites are VERY concerned about finances generally speaking, and it factors into their lack of baby making.
Let's contrast that with Latinos, a group that eventually will win the demographics game...
They generally have the help of the extended family, they don't necessarily have to have the best of everything, and have larger rates of group think/let's help one another out than whites do. A lot of them live in the same house/apartment as the extended family whereas for a white, that is something that rarely happens. Let's look at Dominicans in the NYC area for example, as it's a group I know all too well for better or worse. Its rare that you run into a girl in the 18-35 year old range who doesn't have at least ONE kid. A lot of these girls came to the US very young or are first generation. They live in the same building as their folks, hell sometimes in the same apartment. Mom and dad are there to watch the kid a lot if needs be, so they will never really be on their own raising a kid. Mom and dad generally come from a big family too. They aren't exactly concerned about top notch food, so Doritos, McDonald's, and rice and beans from the local bodega find their way into the kids mouths at a relatively cheap price. A lot of them live in rent controlled residences that their parents got in the 80s and 90s and are paying the same price as 30 years ago or living under their parents of family members roof for free. There's a lot on welfare getting food stamps and living in section 8 housing as well. This is something most whites would NEVER do. These people in my eyes have less of a sense of personal pride along with lose morals and will take anything they can get from anyone at any cost. Contrast this with most whites, who are more of a merit based race than others. White individuality/morality will be their penultimate death essentially. Head to the Bronx or Washington Heights and you will see a shitload of young moms (single or not) pushing baby strollers with MULTIPLE kids. Go to the burbs and you simply do not see this in the same way you would in the aforementioned places.
In short: Whites are way too concerned about the financial part of children, other groups aren't and some of those reasons are mentioned above. It really is that simple.
Demographics is destiny....