The US is optimized for corporations. It’s not news that while company profits are at all time highs, individual income has stayed stagnant. Family growth won’t

The US is optimized for corporations. It’s not news that while company profits are at all time highs, individual income has stayed stagnant. Family growth won’t happen without societal factors reinforcing families. The US just went through the Great Recession. It took a world war and a national initiative pro-household building to birth the baby boomers after the Great Depression. There’s been nothing like that following the GR. Meanwhile, many factors are against family building: Income being stagnant to negative. Record setting real estate prices. Tract housing projects provided affordable housing after WW2. Poor job prospects - people were getting CAREERS after WW2. Complete with PENSIONS. People in 2019 are lucky to have full time work with health insurance and benefits. Pensions are unheard of outside of select few positions. Carbon level increases tend toward more violence. Warming climates tend toward societies that are more hostile, less expansive. There are other factors, but I’ll stop there.