1. It finally strikes me that it’s pointless to have children or to get married. All the women in my social class earn more than me, or have been so hopelessly damaged by abortion & multiple relationships (usually both) that it’s a useless enterprise.
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I’ll look into it, though I am weary of academic sociology because of its progressive bent. Those are the material factors, yes; but where does the pressure to become promiscuous come for these girls? Their mothers? Their peers? The media? All of the above? (Most likely)
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Well, women are naturally sexual as we all are. They enjoy sex. Once you remove constraints, something that has been happening progressively for decades, people become promiscuous. Why wouldn’t you be? Sex is fun and advocating for sexual restraint is stigmatised.
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In the short run, it is, of course, very exhilarating. But the kind of long run damage the lifestyle creates seems to me to be too dear a price. And, rose-tinted glasses aside, it is a fact that there was less of this specific kind of unhappiness under the old paradigm.
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There’s always unhappiness. But, as Wittgenstein observed, “I’m not sure why we’re here, but I’m pretty sure it’s not to be happy.” Yes, the old traditions created a different type of unhappiness but were better for society & people in general. Less harm rather than +happiness.
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Primum non nocere is of course a better principle than maxing your utility function, but good luck getting these moderns to get it.
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I think people do understand this and try to practice it—especially doctors!
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Some do (it comes from the original Hippocratic oath after all) , but the sheer number of iatrogenic conditions and even deaths suggests many modern day medical systems create perverse incentives to overtreat.
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