[Reeses]

Uncle Sam has been substitute husband and surrogate father for three generations of women, girls and their babies.

Also, Uncle Sam has replaced adult children taking care of their parents in old age. With Socialist Security, the Demonrats have severed all return on investment for raising hard-working, well-educated, drug-free children. Women now mate with the cute lazy stupid pothead, since raising pet children is easier and more fun.

The Amish enjoy a huge reproductive advantage: they are exempt from the Socialist Security Ponzi scheme. The average Amish couple raise 6 happy, God-fearing, hard-working children, because they have to.

[woodbutcher1963]

We could also list the other things that keep the Amish together as a family:

No Internet
No Social Media
No TV
No Drugs
No Alcohol
No office jobs sitting around getting fat all day
No automobile accidents

All of the above can add STRESS to your environment. The worst one IMHO is anonymity SOCIAL MEDIA.

[PapaBear3625]

The Amish enjoy a huge reproductive advantage: they are exempt from the Socialist Security Ponzi scheme. The average Amish couple raise 6 happy, God-fearing, hard-working children, because they have to.

The traditional arrangement was a kid would take care of his parents in exchange for inheriting the farm when they passed. Don't take care of parents? Disinherited.