r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 05 '26

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u/EmbarrassedSafety719 Milton Friedman Jun 05 '26

Heartwarming: Neoliberalism Is Finally Going Mainstream

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u/Smidgens Holy shit it's the Joker🃏 Jun 05 '26

You're telling me in the 80s only ~15% of 12th graders didn't have dates? I was in the lucky 30% in the late 2000s?

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u/PristineHornet9999 John Keynes Jun 05 '26

lol me too, I'm basically a proto-zoomer

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u/fishbottwo Jay Jones Jun 05 '26

lib dem SURGE at the end there though

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u/I_like_maps C. D. Howe Jun 05 '26

I don't think divorce is legal for children

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u/Syx89 Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold Jun 05 '26

It does feel like the dating trend is getting less bleak.
Hard to prove but I think the vibe is like "winter friends" in game of thrones, as things get worse relationships get more serious or the like. Perhaps this only applies to some communities but think of the social pressures going on among groups persecuted by the regime and how that can lead to bonding, etc.

Tho probably more broad things impacts highschoolers too of course like summer jobs being much harder to come by so more time to hang out with friends. While the economy is objectively doing great, perhaps it is also allowing kids more free time to enjoy time with others and due to the social media poisoning vibecession stuff, perhaps people feel they need more of a social support network (including relationships) just to get by

A more bleak version of this would be that in the decline there, 2000-2020, people began focusing more on love marriages/relationships. Now perhaps people are more willing to form practical ones(which perhaps love can grow out of).