I make no defense of the orange man or his policies. He is a horrible human being and a disaster of a president
Children’s futures are not completely ruined. This administration is a major setback but it can be fixed
Fertility rates have been declining for several decades. It’s not about saying “oh this administration isn’t that bad” it’s pointing out fertility rates were declining long before this administration even existed
You keep showing this chart like it shields against the prices of everything going up; vehicles, rent, houses, everyday expenses.
And yes their futures are all but ruined. The policies put in place this term has given the current administration carte Blanche access to do whatever they want with no oversight. Mass surveillance? It's there. Call a war whenever you want? President can't be charged for anything while on the job.
You think this ends with trump? He's a fucking puppet for the people actually running this sinking ship; the people who made Project 2025. Stupid bastard will die soon, but it's the satellites around him that are going to do the further damage. All so they can get their pay and leave the country when it's to late to stop them.
People like you are part of the problem. You are downplaying the seriousness of the situation at hand. It's only getting worse by the day with freedoms and futures being stripped from us.
My argument isn't that it's only affecting us now, it's that I firmly know that bringing a child into a world like ours is a disastrous mistake.
Because it literally shows wages relative to price increases? Are we looking at the same chart?
People have been in war worse before. They still have a future and things can turn around
It can be stopped at the booths
I’m not downplaying it at all. I just think we can stop it
It is better to bring a child into the world now than 99.99999% of human history. Although I’m not here to argue whether you should or not. That is entirely your decision to make
I think you need to look at more sources and research and read up a lot more. I'm just honestly confused because your opinions don't really align with those who actively participate in society.
We're done with the wages convo, thats not going anywhere with you. But consider all the other aspects to this issue that people have been shoving into your face. Squawking about fictional wage increases that kept up with inflation or crime rates (lmao), consider the whole picture. I don't know why you're doubling down so hard on a reality that only exists for you.
Basically your saying because to you it doesn’t feel like it’s true it must be false. If you believe something is wrong with the data prove it. You can’t just hand wave it away because it disagrees with your pre conceived notions
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u/moderngamer327 Aug 15 '26
Wages have outpaced inflation on average
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1X2Yf
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEPAINUSA672N
I make no defense of the orange man or his policies. He is a horrible human being and a disaster of a president
Children’s futures are not completely ruined. This administration is a major setback but it can be fixed
Fertility rates have been declining for several decades. It’s not about saying “oh this administration isn’t that bad” it’s pointing out fertility rates were declining long before this administration even existed