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> What kids are dying from today are mainly car crashes and suicides, not playing outside unsupervised with friends > Injury-related deaths are at an all-time

> What kids are dying from today are mainly car crashes and suicides, not playing outside unsupervised with friends > Injury-related deaths are at an all-time low in most Western nations. To a normal person this is proof helicopter parenting is working. Two practical choices 1. Have more kids again so they are more disposable. This is a big part of the change. This will happen with UBI. If UBI is a while away, weak kids are here to stay. 2. They don't normally talk about pretense of risk and independence. They mention heights. This can be done safely. I'm really scared to climb the trees I used to as a kid, part is fear of heights growing with age the other is common sense. But why not have 'safe' climbing frame that go to 50+ meters? This is really hard for most things... How do you blow up gas cylinders with a thrill and be safe? Mixing explosive material that's a thrill, again hard to do safely. The fun is not being supervised and in a lab. Blowing off fingers.... not the end of the world. Maybe when eyesight and hearing is restorable it'd be fine again. Killing animals is another one no one openly talks about but is important, it's why biology is failing they are all imposers who want to cuddle a lion, not cut a frog open to see how it works.

ativzzz 3y ago
>This will happen with UBI Dunno why you think more prosperity leads to more children when it's almost always the other way around. Poorer, less educated people have more kids. Once a society develops economically, they have less kids. This is a worldwide phenomenon. UBI will free you from having to work shitty jobs. You think people will spend their newfound time raising kids instead? Doubt
- matrix87 3y ago
  > Dunno why you think more prosperity leads to more children when it's almost always the other way around Because capitalism incorporates more and more of their lives in the production of economic value. That isn't the same thing as prosperity. If economic value isn't distributed to the working classes, there's more work without prosperity. Look at South Korea, where people work hard in order to cover basic essentials like housing. Maybe according to the WEF or Economist that's "prosperity" and a "higher standard of living", but it's an obvious scam to anyone who isn't thoroughly brainwashed by capitalism

ativzzz 3y ago

>This will happen with UBI Dunno why you think more prosperity leads to more children when it's almost always the other way around. Poorer, less educated people have more kids. Once a society develops economically, they have less kids. This is a worldwide phenomenon. UBI will free you from having to work shitty jobs. You think people will spend their newfound time raising kids instead? Doubt

matrix87 3y ago
> Dunno why you think more prosperity leads to more children when it's almost always the other way around Because capitalism incorporates more and more of their lives in the production of economic value. That isn't the same thing as prosperity. If economic value isn't distributed to the working classes, there's more work without prosperity. Look at South Korea, where people work hard in order to cover basic essentials like housing. Maybe according to the WEF or Economist that's "prosperity" and a "higher standard of living", but it's an obvious scam to anyone who isn't thoroughly brainwashed by capitalism