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Laura Perrins: Working class men turn their backs on work
The Conservative Woman ^ | 22nd August 2016 | Laura Perrins

Posted on 08/25/2016 5:04:25 PM PDT by annalex

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To: Will88

That is because lack of jobs is a relative term, and here it is used as a binary, jobs or no jobs. The jobs that exist are not attracting people who are unmarried or divorced, and can go by on the margins of the society.


101 posted on 08/26/2016 4:40:17 PM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: Jim Noble

Nice Country song. Work on the music.


102 posted on 08/26/2016 4:41:23 PM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Hunger is also motivating people to vote for politicians who promise to bring welfare back, and increase it.


103 posted on 08/26/2016 4:42:42 PM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: RedWulf

Yes.


104 posted on 08/26/2016 4:43:49 PM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: JediJones

Right — but divorce and custody laws such as they are, in addition to the loosened sexual behaviors, remove the incentive to marry.


105 posted on 08/26/2016 4:47:06 PM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: annalex

True. I personally am happy paying for people With genuine disabilities I do not think its good or right for us to pay able- bodied people not to work.


106 posted on 08/26/2016 5:55:42 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: annalex

How do you change that?
Re-industrialize.


I have told this story before. I was in Mongolia after the demise of the USSR. Very tough times but I observed the following:

1) They were excited about their heritage which had been suppressed by the commies for 80 years. In their case it was Genghis Kahn and Buddhism.

2) They were excited about their future. It was like the frontier, the wild west. Everything was new and there was no one telling them what they couldn’t do. The future was their opportunity and responsibility.

WE MAY HAVE TO GET RID OF THE USA TO GET RID OF THE SOUL CONSUMING JOBS...................


107 posted on 08/27/2016 6:06:40 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: annalex

Without getting into the reasons, I don’t know why anyone would expect today’s young men to basically slave for the rest of the population while being marginalized legally by the government (and by extension the private-sector economy). The US is getting a lesson in what life without white guys looks like; I’ve maintained for years now that the demographic shift in this country is happening much more quickly than is being reported.


108 posted on 08/27/2016 6:56:51 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: annalex

I think you have to look at the marriage issue in light of economic prospects as well; if college classes have been 60%+ for years now, there is a ripple effect where more and more men can’t sustain a family. Some that try watch their wives simply leave for a more financially secure man, so they lose their wife and any children (for all intents and purposes).

Word-of-mouth has spread word of the risks much more effectively than the media can suppress it...


109 posted on 08/27/2016 7:01:36 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: PeterPrinciple

The difference is that the USSR was beyond repair since its inception as a militant atheist state. The USA were born in good will under God and can be redeemed.


110 posted on 08/27/2016 8:17:20 AM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: kearnyirish2
I don’t know why anyone would expect today’s young men to basically slave for the rest of the population while being marginalized legally by the government (and by extension the private-sector economy).

But once the white young man realizes that, what would his choice be?

1) Opt out of everything, watch porn and play video games.
2) Beat the rest of the population on whatever playing field he got: excel in college, compete your way into the upper middle class.
3) Work to change the culture that is dumbing him down.

Those who choose (1) should be, at least, reminded that (2, 3) is available. Not guaranteed success at (2, 3), but a fulfilling life doing (2, 3).

111 posted on 08/27/2016 8:26:36 AM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: kearnyirish2
watch their wives simply leave for a more financially secure man

But that would be occurring far less if divorce laws found fault in adulterous and rent-seeking behavior.

Of course the divorce laws (and now laws redefining marriage as well) would not be as disastrous for our nation as they are if Christian culture remained the foundation of all laws.

112 posted on 08/27/2016 8:31:42 AM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: annalex

#2 just has him paying for other peoples’ children (and if he excels in his field, he is supporting people a lot less motived/driven than he is).

I believe many of them are already doing #3; Trump has a nice lead in that demographic.


113 posted on 08/27/2016 8:45:02 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: annalex

The problem is that regardless of the divorce laws, the poor guy has someone else living with his kids somewhere else and he becomes an involuntary part-time dad. This issue is magnified 100X when kids are in the picture; it is a much more significant risk than simple alimony.


114 posted on 08/27/2016 8:46:42 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: annalex

The USA were born in good will under God and can be redeemed.


But God also has a habit of starting over from a remnant................


115 posted on 08/27/2016 1:51:41 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: kearnyirish2

Yes, economic success means, in part, paying for someone else’s children.


116 posted on 08/28/2016 7:17:54 AM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: kearnyirish2
regardless of the divorce laws

Not regardless. Broken families is a recent phenomenon; 50 years ago it was quite rare because the party guilty of adultery wouldn't get custody.

117 posted on 08/28/2016 7:22:08 AM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: annalex

That’s a valid point; I didn’t think about that because it is before my time. The current mess has always been this way to me...


118 posted on 08/29/2016 3:44:05 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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