A somewhat idealized, but essentially fair portrayal of dating life as it was in the 1950s.
But unless you have one of these...
...you might as well forget it.
You're SNL's "Church Lady," advising Madonna to "tone it down a little, maybe try attending a few church picnics."
(No offense intended!)
Any advice we dispense must recognize the reality in which young people today are living.
Regards,
Either you live in an alternate universe, or the ‘manosphere’ has warped your worldview.
Right here, right now, in the 2020s, among the many families my kids and I knew, many young people have married in their early to mid-20s. Some of them were high school sweethearts. Others met in college. A few met after college. Most of them are raising their own children now. None of the young men had lots of money. The same is true in my extended family where young couples have been marrying in their 20s and early 30s, and they are very happy together.
Of course, other young people have not married... yet. But many 20-somethings are dating. Some couples are living together, and some people choose not to settle down. Other young people do not date at all.
But, if a young man wants to meet someone, the logical solution would be to stop spending life in front of a computer. Get out and get involved. But, first, he should ask himself if he truly likes women because the men in the manosphere sure don’t.
As I said earlier, I checked some of Mr. Samuels’s videos. Some of the women said they earned six-figure incomes, and some of them were attractive. But he made money by insulting people. He used that schtick to get a lot of hits on his videos. He wasn’t doling out sage advice. He was making money by saying what the manosphere wanted to hear.
Different behaviors and biology bring different outcomes.
That is a reality denied today.
Why do you think it matters to a doctor what sex and race you are? Not only are some diseases more common within certain sexes or races, even drug effectiveness and interactions are correlated to these.
We (as a society) are trying to go so far that we equalize (equity) the playing field in (((outcomes))) even when these different behaviors cause for different outcomes, i.e. quota’s for employment and promotion between the races, mandatory wage harmonization between the sexes, requiring everyone to pretend as if there is no societal cost with homosexuality despite the diseases that are spread that way, going so far as to having men compete with women in sports (absurd)...
Egalitarianism is a philosophy that merely works in a speech or some essay, in academia. However, today it has been adopted by policy makers, the arts and entertainment, and society which sees it as “ethical.” You are a “good person” to call yourself a feminist, be on board with LGBTQIA, and support quota’s. This is not in agreement with nature, the rules of economics, physical reality we live in, or 3,000 years of Judeo-Christian values.
Bring in 1.2 million Syrians as Germany did, and you suddenly have a serious and permanent internal security problem which costs society billions even if you want to pretend as if all people and religions are the same. It’s great if you’re with the BND or BVS, your budget and job is guaranteed! But it’s a long term drain economically and makes the average German pay for it. It fundamentally changes German culture long term. Is that really the direction we want to head?
Koln Germany: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFTEImO5yUk
Our true nation state threat: China (PRC).
China is on the rise, while the West is in decline.
At this point we can’t even stop what is happening regarding China, it’s out of our control.
China has passed us in terms of science and engineering patents: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Patent-Grants-by-Country-of-Origin.html
The number of STEM graduates at colleges and universities: https://cset.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/STEM-Graphic-1-HD-2048x1545.png
Manufacturing output: https://cdn.statcdn.com/Infographic/images/normal/20858.jpeg
In the next 5 years they will pass us in GDP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)
Despite Hollywood, computer games and the Internet, which exist in an alternate universe, the actual physical world we live in, is still defined by concrete, steel, and coal. To that end:
China is the world’s biggest concrete producer and user: https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/3-s2.0-B9780323852104000102-f02-01-9780323852104.jpg
The world’s biggest steel producer: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/The-Worlds-Largest-Steel-Producing-Countries_May18.jpg
The world’s biggest ship producer: Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fki1cl418t21d1.jpeg
The world’s biggest aluminum producer: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Aluminium-Production-2023_Website_04192024.jpg
The world’s biggest car producer (by a huge margin): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_motor_vehicle_production
The world’s biggest plastic producer: https://cdn.statcdn.com/Infographic/images/normal/17564.jpeg
The world’s biggest glass producer: https://www.statista.com/statistics/702188/flat-glass-production-share-globally-by-region/
The world’s biggest electricity producer: https://www.globaltimes.cn/Portals/0/attachment/2024/2024-07-31/4401eb94-d6c1-42d8-b840-7f196e942b5f.png
The world’s leading drone producer: https://media.springernature.com/full/springer-static/image/chp%3A10.1007%2F978-3-319-71087-7_2/MediaObjects/451527_1_En_2_Fig3_HTML.gif?as=webp
The most Internet usage: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_Internet_users
The world’s biggest PCB producer: https://evertiq.com/nimg/Tradeshows/tec2013/peter-brent/peter-brent_tec-2012-slide-001.jpg
The world’s second biggest chip producer: https://cdn.statcdn.com/Infographic/images/normal/31371.jpeg
And there is no indication (in all reality) that this trend will stop. For years people have been predicting bubbles and a Chinese decline, especially here in the FR. But this is “wishful thinking” and not rooted in economic and empirically measurable facts. Even this year, China will grow by 4.5% while we will grow about 2.4%: https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/CHN#:~:text=2025%20Projected%20Real%20GDP%20(%25,of%20Arrangements%20since%20membership:%202
Parallel to this economic rise, is their military capability. From 2019 and things have changed from then in China’s favor even more: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/mpdoq3/just_incase_anyone_wanted_a_comparison_in_naval/#lightbox
Historical analogy: It was not until WWII where most Europeans realized the might and significance of the US on the world stage. However, in reality, already by the 1860s, the US had the world’s most powerful (Union) and second most powerful (Confederacy) military in the civil war. The US was part of the industrial revolution early on and had more output than any Euro nation already then. You had (for the time) new doctrine, new/high tech (Gatlin gun, trenches, mines, use of balloons, submarine, even the precursor of the battleship), and industry to back it all up with. The “paradigm” which the average European lived in lagged 80 years behind reality.
Today it’s the same situation, but with China and the US and the rest of the world. We are not being challenged by China, we are being passed up, and fast. But the paradigm which the average person, even our policy makers and bureaucracy live in, lags far behind this new reality. Today, the average American “Weltanschauung” regards China is somewhere in the 1950s - 1990, but not actually fully realizing just what a monster they have become.
In fact, the US which essentially worships mammon, tap dances around this threat and simply continues down the path of status quo since the profitability of cheap Chinese labor where much is manufactured for US corporations, tax, OSHA and EPA avoidance, combined with Chinese influence in our MSM, Hollywood and political sphere are great enough to where our own policy makers will avoid any confrontation with the Chinese. Despite similarities between Taiwon and Ukraine, China being far worse that Russia in every respect, the US will take an entirely different approach (conflict avoidance) with Taiwon.
As China continues to grow, expect them to assume an ever greater role internationally, they will begin to shape the world we live in more and more and eventually supplant us as the world’s leading nation.
