Random Thoughts or Whatever

[nailer]

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Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was.

FWIW, am reading a book on American Capitalism. Turns out the New Deal employment initiatives were focused on the male head of household. The US full employment concept that followed after WWII was also focused on the male head of household and wife stays at home family structure which was a cultural construct that came out of our Gilded Age.

 

[Quadman2]

^^^
Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was.

FWIW, am reading a book on American Capitalism. Turns out the New Deal employment initiatives were focused on the male head of household. The US full employment concept that followed after WWII was also focused on the male head of household and wife stays at home family structure which was a cultural construct that came out of our Gilded Age.

Been thinking bout this aspect of the "Mother-At-Home" and her impact for the children, and society as a whole.

And, I know that two paychecks coming in have become a necessity today, due to the cost of living, but has there been a subversive price to pay in the long run?


Just a random related recent thought this day, eh?


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[DeadRock]

Been thinking bout this aspect of the "Mother-At-Home" and her impact for the children, and society as a whole.

And, I know that two paychecks coming in have become a necessity today, due to the cost of living, but has there been a subversive price to pay in the long run?


Just a random related recent thought this day, eh?


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Subversion is calculated...unintended consequences of wealth being redistributed to, and accumulated by, "the fewer" and fewer is more like it...you do it to yourself you do...and that's why it really hurts...

 

[Quadman2]

Subversion is calculated...unintended consequences of wealth being redistributed to, and accumulated by, "the fewer" and fewer is more like it...you do it to yourself you do...and that's why it really hurts...

Does make you think though.

If you check out the number living in poverty and the numbers involved, the stats speak for themselves.

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[nailer]

...unintended consequences of wealth being redistributed to, and accumulated by, "the fewer" and fewer is more like it...

There is nothing unintended about this wealth redistribution.

 

[DeadRock]

...some (if not most) of the consequences are..."they" simply don't give a f@%k...

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

One of life's challenges, at least for me, especially here on the Cape, is trying to be a good roommate. Right now, there are 2 other guys living in the house and a lady was supposed to finish moving in yesterday, which didn't happen.

I try very hard to be quiet in the morning as in I don't deliberately make noise. However, being old and tall with size 13 feet, it's hard not accidentally bump into things and of course turning on lights might wake people up.

One roommate is my age and an early riser/insomniac like me, so I don't have to worry about him. It's the young guy who works afternoons and evenings at both jobs (convenience store and restaurant). He sleeps late. When the young lady finally gets herself in here and situated, she has a similar schedule to the young guy and her bedroom is next to the kitchen with one of her 2 doors opening to the kitchen. I gotta have coffee first thing and trying to make it in the dark just won't work out. Kinda ironic since I drink dark roast.

Aside from that, the young guy has his own pots and pans, plates, utensils, etc and doesn't like anyone else using them and it's hard to remember what is his since things often end up in the sink together...

This is better situation than where I was living, but still requires some adjustments on my part.

 

[DeadRock]

Not "liking" something doesn't make it "bad".

 

[Mystic]

...some (if not most) of the consequences are..."they" simply don't give a f@%k...

"They", in fact, do give a great deal of f@%k about "their" prospects.

 

[Mystic]

^^^
Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was.

FWIW, am reading a book on American Capitalism. Turns out the New Deal employment initiatives were focused on the male head of household. The US full employment concept that followed after WWII was also focused on the male head of household and wife stays at home family structure which was a cultural construct that came out of our Gilded Age.

A construct which, for most households in Global North ... well, Canada, USA (Inc), The EU Zone, Russia & environs, etc.... is long long long gone.

But hey, if one earns "American wages", even in the form of pensions, one can still live according to the "Gilded Age" cultural construct, in such climes as Kenya, even in their capitol city Nairobi.

 

[DeadRock]

"They", in fact, do give a great deal of f@%k about "their" prospects.

Right

 

[nailer]

Not "liking" something doesn't make it "bad".

Makes it bad from my perspective.

 

[davidhun]

Makes it bad from my perspective.

I smell a moral relativism conversation on the horizon!

 

[nailer]

...some (if not most) of the consequences are..."they" simply don't give a f@%k...

The only consequences they may GaF about are inconsequential.

 

[nailer]

I smell a moral relativism conversation on the horizon!

As Einstein taught us, everything is relative.

 

[DeadRock]

I smell a moral relativism conversation on the horizon!

Exactly...it's cozy for some...

 

[Pio1980]

I smell a moral relativism conversation on the horizon!

Relativism in a point-of-view perspective. Separating oneself from one's own perspective for the sake of objectivism not an easy task.

 

[DeadRock]

Relativism in a point-of-view perspective. Separating oneself from one's own perspective for the sake of objectivism not an easy task.

The more you work it...the easier it becomes...

 

[nailer]

Exactly...it's cozy for some...

Warm fuzzies are wonderful.

 

[Quadman2]

^^^
Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was.

FWIW, am reading a book on American Capitalism. Turns out the New Deal employment initiatives were focused on the male head of household. The US full employment concept that followed after WWII was also focused on the male head of household and wife stays at home family structure which was a cultural construct that came out of our Gilded Age.

If you get a chance to read Nial Ferugson's book "Civilization" (2018) he does a great job of including "Capitalism", along with five other factors that have shaped the Western World. He tends to distance himself, in his findings, and a lot of his sharing makes sense as he begins in the 1500's showing how history unfolds with the resulting causations.

Just a heads up, eh?


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