Comments by "looseycanon" (@looseycanon) on "The Spanish Population Is Disappearing @visualeconomiken" video.
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@lightworker2956 While you describe the situation mostly correctly, there is a problem here. Soviet union did collapse, but it did not happen because of that tax. It was instituted shortly before the collapse, so it did not have effect on the political side of things, but you could see uptick in birthrates for the period it had been effective + 9 months. I happen to be a below average male, so I know the pains all too well. The thing is, so far, everything else we've tried either did not return positive effects, or they were so marginal and with costs so grand, those policies eventually had to be withdrawn. Just look at how little effect positive policies have in Hungary and how costly they are! We can't be without government. Small government is anarchocapitalist wet dream, that had been proven to not work. Not to mention, we need the kids to be properly raised. Just hammering down on single moms causes unintended consequences (such as when a single mom is a widow, not of her own choice). No the problem is, that women can be independent, and that means access to work.
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Oh it is even worse. In order to have children, people of child bearing age must have intercourse. However, thanks to pro women laws being passed, how the family court works and more awareness of it, men are beginning to check out of intimate relations. I read somewhere, that over 30% of men under thirty have not had sex at all. Why? Women can chose, whom they'll let inside of them and, because they're hypergamous and have been more successful than men on the job market, thanks to the vast majority of university support programes aimed at them, as well as having better predispositions to actually finish a degree, supply of men successful enough to attract a woman is plummeting. Things have gone so far, that telling a woman the clear fact, that her greatest asset is her fertility, is considered an insult. On factual basis, that statement is correct, however. A man can't give birth. That's just basic biology.
Now, how to address this? There is a number of solutions.
1) Political system could be retuned, demanding exclusiveness between right to vote and drawing on state pnesion. No right to vote means no incentive for the politicians to push through policies, that would benefit the elderly at the cost of the young. Pension should also be strictly calculated not from costs of living or any bonuses to enjoy one's time. Only what had been gathered in previous year may be dispersed among the elderly.
2) Worker centric employment contracts. It must become strictly employee purview, from where he would work, if the nature of the work permits it on a physical level. Eg. no more office space. No more commuting. If it can be done from home, it must by law be done from home and it can not be the employer declaring, what can and can not be done from home. This must be either patently clear (eg, can't build a house from home. There needs to be extremely special, hard to transport, not connectable to the Internet equipment involved) or it must be short term (as in a business trip to a foreign country). This would have twofold effect. One, it will allow people to disperse, hence return to the villages, and two, it would equalize housing prices, making the market whole again.
3) Construction of new houses must not be interruptable by anything. No right to object, no environmental protections may stand in the way.
4) The relationship between men and women must be reballanced. For the last fifty years, women have been pushed through hard with no requirements being levied on them, to counterbalance newfound rights. Women should become subject to a "Singles" or "Childless" tax in order to motivate them to lock down a man to raise a child with. Divorce and domestic violence laws must change to shield men from women, be it fake accusations (of both fatherhood or violence), in order to allow men to let their guard down and try again in the dating pool. Some 30% of men under 30 have never had intercourse! This statistic must be turned around, if we are to have more kids.
5) Any and all environmental regulations must be toned down to allow for sufficient economic growth. Europe needs to restart it's coal, nuclear, oil and gas power plants and stop further expansion of intermittent power sources. Polluting to generate power or heat must be free. No emission allowances or carbon tax allowed.
6) Discourse about this matter must be put under review. Currently, there are people out there, claiming it would be benefficial for the planet to have fewer people. These people must be stopped. Spreading of pro-environemtalist standpoints must be made illegal or at very least, costs must be front and center. If we knew, how much this is gonna cost and that we'd pay for it, noone would vote any green party into opposition, much less power.
It would be a harsh wake up, but it may be necessary for our survival.
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