...That is so fucking stupid that it beggars belief, and given that the US as a whole has become a clown world, that's saying something.
Someone was abusing it. The state of Indiana used to do a cash matching thing for food stamps, but then an unemployed trust fund asshole decided to apply for food stamps and use the money to buy luxury foods. The courts decided Indiana couldn't stop it from being used on luxury foods, so they dropped the entire program....That is so fucking stupid that it beggars belief, and given that the US as a whole has become a clown world, that's saying something.
Yet that actually punishes the people who don't abuse it by, you know, stopping them from having access to a human dietary staple that we've had since we first locked cows, sheep, chickens, and pigs up in pens.Someone was abusing it. The state of Indiana used to do a cash matching thing for food stamps, but then an unemployed trust fund asshole decided to apply for food stamps and use the money to buy luxury foods. The courts decided Indiana couldn't stop it from being used on luxury foods, so they dropped the entire program.
...Lobster for their dogs? What?Probably because people on SNAP and other programs do shit like buy lobster for their dogs. Like people who legit need to be on SNAP are misusing it.
Like, I'm all for helping the poor, but yeah. Misuse of Welfare programs and the corruption in the system is pretty unreal, it even happens in Europe. And these people are why 1) We know Communism/Socialism/Fascism will fail 2) We can't have nice things.
Marriage is a fucking joke these days and favours the woman far more than it does the man. It's just not worth it, and the "no ring, no thing" solution would actually exacerbate the problem as women would go on the hunt for any bloke to be their ATM/baby-daddy/"welfare check" (this includes trapping, mind).My problem with food stamps and snap and programs like it isn't that it gets abused to buy lobster and steaks. Their adults and they live on a food budget they want to blow it on stupid shit I don't care. They will learn from experience to make better decisions in the long run.
My problem is that its helped create the single mother crisis that makes every other problem in the united states worse. Because the children of single mothers do worse on litterally every metric and make everything fucking worse. Make a rule that if you don't have a ring you don't get a thing.
And while id grumble I'd know that the resulting children would be less likely to go off an murder me because dads there to reign them in and that would be worth it.
Yet that actually punishes the people who don't abuse it by, you know, stopping them from having access to a human dietary staple that we've had since we first locked cows, sheep, chickens, and pigs up in pens.
Assholes who abuse the system should be punished, not everyone else who did nothing wrong because of said assholes.
Hell, make those cunts have nothing but access to bug protein. (Yes, I am joking, but seriously -- they should still be punished).
...Lobster for their dogs? What?
Marriage is a fucking joke these days and favours the woman far more than it does the man. It's just not worth it, and the "no ring, no thing" solution would actually exacerbate the problem as women would go on the hunt for any bloke to be their ATM/baby-daddy/"welfare check" (this includes trapping, mind).
The single mother crises needs to be tackled by attacking its core causes, and we all know what those causes are.
As it stands, men are either simps, Chads and Tyrones that contribute to the problem (which also feeds back into the following point, as relationships with women these days? Yeah, nah), or are just walking away from women on the whole/MGTOW because of how much of an utter dumpster fire modern women are in this day and age.
Say it with me, folks: feminism. is. cancer.
>admits entrapment is a thingThe single mother crises needs to be tackled by attacking its core causes, and we all know what those causes are.
As it stands, men are either simps, Chads and Tyrones that contribute to the problem (which also feeds back into the following point, as relationships with women these days? Yeah, nah), or are just walking away from women on the whole/MGTOW because of how much of an utter dumpster fire modern women are in this day and age.
Yet that actually punishes the people who don't abuse it by, you know, stopping them from having access to a human dietary staple that we've had since we first locked cows, sheep, chickens, and pigs up in pens.
Assholes who abuse the system should be punished, not everyone else who did nothing wrong because of said assholes.
...Lobster for their dogs? What?
Entrapment is a thing, but I'm not blaming marriage declining because men fear entrapment -- I mean, it's a valid fear, especially if the solution for a woman to get benefits is to be married (it'd be used as a tactic).>admits entrapment is a thing
>admits marriage is a dumpster fire that favors women
>blames lack of marriage on men refusing to be entrapped
what?
MGTOW is the only sane response to the insane rules.
We need actual solutions, which is to get rid of all the insane "protec women" stupid laws that make marriage a losing proposition
MGTOW will stop on its own the moment the rules of marriage stop being ruinous to men
Entrapment is a thing, but I'm not blaming marriage declining because men fear entrapment -- I mean, it's a valid fear, especially if the solution for a woman to get benefits is to be married (it'd be used as a tactic).
Marriage is a contract at its core. This contract now favours women to the point where you'd be better off proverbially signing a loan with a loan shark. They can, and often do, "pull the cord" at any time, and they make off like bandits, even at "at fault" situations.
Child custody? Primarily awarded to mothers, even if she's a drugged up street-whore and the ex has a solid job, home, and his life together.
Alimony/spousal support? Yeah, there's a reason why people "joke" that a hitman is a lot cheaper than a divorce.
Hell, even if you cohabitate with a woman now and not marry her, she can still financially destroy you.
MGTOW may decline if all the bullshit, biased laws supporting women (e.g. in the courts, arresting procedures, et cetera) are shit-canned so there is actual equality, but MGTOW isn't going away.
It's a reaction to modern women's natures, and also men have taken it as a life philosophy (working hard, constantly improving yourself, bettering your situation and health, et cetera) to live by.
Unless you can completely change how modern women act (Christ, does this make me sound like some religious fundamentalist prude!), stripping away their sexist senses of entitlement? It's here to stay mainstream.
Entrapment is a thing, but I'm not blaming marriage declining because men fear entrapment -- I mean, it's a valid fear, especially if the solution for a woman to get benefits is to be married (it'd be used as a tactic).
Marriage is a contract at its core. This contract now favours women to the point where you'd be better off proverbially signing a loan with a loan shark. They can, and often do, "pull the cord" at any time, and they make off like bandits, even at "at fault" situations.
Child custody? Primarily awarded to mothers, even if she's a drugged up street-whore and the ex has a solid job, home, and his life together.
Alimony/spousal support? Yeah, there's a reason why people "joke" that a hitman is a lot cheaper than a divorce.
Hell, even if you cohabitate with a woman now and not marry her, she can still financially destroy you.
MGTOW may decline if all the bullshit, biased laws supporting women (e.g. in the courts, arresting procedures, et cetera) are shit-canned so there is actual equality, but MGTOW isn't going away.
It's a reaction to modern women's natures, and also men have taken it as a life philosophy (working hard, constantly improving yourself, bettering your situation and health, et cetera) to live by.
Unless you can completely change how modern women act (Christ, does this make me sound like some religious fundamentalist prude!), stripping away their sexist senses of entitlement? It's here to stay mainstream.
Honestly, technology is catching up to the point where there is a real possibility that men can reproduce without the need of a woman (You can thank the Alphabet Rainbow brigade for that) so it may get to a point where he and his brother can raise the child and create a viable productive citizen.
but honestly even that will only work for so long, this all comes down to a more fundamental problem. In fact, it's almost as if nature is fundamentally parasitic and only exists to perpetuate itself and eventually people catch on to that and realize the only way to win in the game of life is to pull a Paul the apostle and not play. (6. I say this as a concession, not as a command. 7 I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that) - 1 Corinthians 7 6-7
Eventually, marriage and even life itself is going to have to be about more than just sex and money. We are going to have to learn to transcend our carnal human natures or we as a species will be condemned both in this life and the next.
I think we are in for a pretty major religous revival with in our life times and a major return to tradition when modernity ends. Every age is pretty much a reaction to the excess's of the previous ones so we can look to the worst of the present to see what will get the backlash.
I think honestly you and I have both said all that can be said. At this point we're just scratching a record on repeat. the last piece of advice I can give anyone is to try to flee into the least dense area possible so that when crap does hit the fan, you aren't covered in fecal matter.
I think we are in for a pretty major religous revival with in our life times and a major return to tradition when modernity ends. Every age is pretty much a reaction to the excess's of the previous ones so we can look to the worst of the present to see what will get the backlash.
I think humanity is about overcoming our beastly urges and being able to act in ways that counter those demands. That's when we can be truly embrace our humanity. That's what makes us different than the animals of field, sky and water. When we choose not to do that is when we fall.We are going to have to learn to transcend our carnal human natures or we as a species will be condemned both in this life and the next.
I think we are in for a pretty major religous revival with in our life times and a major return to tradition when modernity ends. Every age is pretty much a reaction to the excess's of the previous ones so we can look to the worst of the present to see what will get the backlash.
I think humanity is about overcoming our beastly urges and being able to act in ways that counter those demands. That's when we can be truly embrace our humanity. That's what makes us different than the animals of field, sky and water. When we choose not to do that is when we fall.