"religiously conservative middle-class" in America, we call those people Republicans. I don't think American politics is secular at all, especially when considered to Canada, the UK, etc. etc. In fact, very similar to Turkey/India with religious middle class + secular elite.
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I'm not completely against the idea that modern social collapse and atomization is a side effect of capitalism but we really have no way of knowing that
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To be quite fair, that sounds like an East Asian developmental state (Japan, Korea), which seem somewhat better on the atomization point, but not perfect. But maybe non-bureaucratic Tory socialism? I'm a big fan of using Thaler-Sunstein "nudge" to promote pro-social outcomes.
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I actually have no idea, I should have a friend ask him. To be quite fair, child support less important in Japan, where the cost of raising a child is much much lower than the US. I have Japanese friends who pay like $150 a month for childcare holy shit
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It's not that bad. Japan =fertility rate of 1.5 now, which is around where white Americans are at. Much higher rate than say, the 1.0 of Asian-Americans or white Californians. The 1.1 fertility rate in Tokyo also much better than the 0.2 fertility rate of white San Franciscans
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Low Japanese birthrates, I think largely attributable to high levels of urbanization (I mean, Tokyo alone has about 1/4th of the country). If San Francisco were 1/4th of America, we'd have the worst birth rate on Earth.
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