JD Vance is of course correct about the hierarchy of love. You are called to love your family first. And your nation before the nations of the world. The Left prioritizes the universal love of all mankind because that kind of love requires nothing of you. It’s easy to love the world. You can do that while sitting on your couch. But to love your family requires work and sacrifice. It is a lifetime commitment. It is real. The Left prefers the kind of love that does nothing and comes with no obligations. In other words, it is not real.
you don’t fix the declining birth rate with subsidies or financial incentives.
the “kids are too expensive” argument is a convenient cope. people claiming they can’t afford children are usually rationalizing deeper issues: they just don’t want them. having children is as expensive as you choose to make it, and for all of human history, people with far fewer resources managed to raise families.
the problem isn’t financial; it’s cultural.
we live in a society that has systematically psyopped and brainwashed people into believing children are a burden, not a blessing. women are told that motherhood is a sacrifice and a hindrance to their career, as if chasing corporate promotions or vanity metrics is more meaningful than creating life.
men are infantilized and taught to fear responsibility. worst of all, we’ve cultivated a nihilistic worldview that makes people see no point in building a future.
the solution starts with changing the culture.
we need to instill pride in people: pride in their ancestry, their legacy, and the future they could create. optimism about what’s to come has to replace the relentless doomscrolling of modernity.
kids aren’t just an "expense"; they’re the greatest investment a human can make, and we need to start celebrating that.
in the short term, the most realistic strategy is doubling down on those who already value family. focus on motivating families with 2-3 kids to have one or two more.
it's much easier to expand a family than to convince couples to start from scratch when they've been ideologically poisoned against the idea.
finally, we need to stop glorifying the miserable, atomized single life and the media narratives that turn parenthood into a joke or tragedy.
yes, parenting is hard, but everything worth doing is.
the joy and purpose it gives far outweigh the sacrifices. once we get that cultural shift rolling, the financial complaints will fade away like the convenient excuses they always were
Something incredible is happening in Spain in the face of the devastating Valencia flood crisis.
A really large bunch of Gen Z kids have risen up and are turning every stereotype on its head. None of that entitled, woke, snowflake, liberal leftist nonsense. These kids are tenacious and confident. They work hard and have taken ownership of the situation. And have shown remarkable common sense and conservative values. None of this was expected or priced in. I have to say I’m genuinely surprised.
What an incredible thing to witness.
Watch this space.
Llevamos 48h sin dormir.
Llenos de agradecimiento pero completamente desbordados, no damos para más.
Estamos gestionando una producción de 300 palés al día.
Necesitamos una empresa de logística que nos ayude. Tenemos dinero para pagarles.
This is what will matter 1000 years from now.
Not your politics. Not your stupid tantrums about who platformed who on some website. Not your incomprehensible desire to send NASA's entire budget to the third world.
This guy reignited the Space Age.
He spent his own money, hired a bunch of dudes, and reignited the Space Age. And together, they underbid and outdid NASA and its pet dinosaur corporations on every conceivable level.
This is history happening before you.
If you are a puddlefish, if you think this is a wasteful showpiece or science project, then you don't understand physics, economics, astronomy, or in fact the basic layout of the universe you live in.
We live in a tiny puddle at the bottom of a well.
Out there is an entire universe, full not only of stuff to explore, but full of stuff to build things out of.
Big things. Wonderful things. Things that are going to make all of the cool stuff you have today, all of human civilization to date look like early Assyrians writing stuff down on wet clay with a reed.
Infinite resources. Infinite energy. Infinite space.
Instead of fighting over little patches of land, we will have an infinite 3d volume. Enclose it in steel, pump it full of air, spin it, and it's a habitat.
Instead of scratching tiny scraps of metal out of the crust of one planet, we will break down entire asteroids and smelt them.
Instead of drilling for hydrocarbons and turning water wheels, we will harness entire suns, split the atom, and eventually draw our fuel from the substance that makes up 99% of the entire universe.
None of your local, temporal Earth politics matter compared to this. This is more important than pride parades and abortions, more important than tribal conflicts in eastern Europe and southwest Asia, more important than tensions with Russia and China.
More important, in the long run, than the United States of America.
America's most important function, its one most vital purpose, is to serve as an incubator for this.
Because this changes everything.
All of our arguments about conditions on this planet become obsolete, because the whole planet becomes just one suburban neighborhood.
All of our wars over resources and territory become obsolete, because no one has time to brawl when we're all sitting on top of a dragon horde with sacks and shovels.
Everyone who was alive at the time remembers where they were when Kennedy died in Dallas. When the towers fell. When the Eagle landed. When the Wall came down.
But this... this is the real moment, one of the first of many. They are what every child will know about a thousand years from now, even if they have four arms and are genetically engineered for zero-g, or are sentient blocks of code running on a sphere of computronium enclosing an entire star.
You may not live to see that, depending on what we do or don't invent, and when.
But it will happen, and you will live to see wonderful things.
If the puddlefish don't get in the way.
Don't be a puddlefish.
BREAKING:
@SpaceX just managed to catch the Starship booster with the “Mechazilla arms” on their first attempt.
A fully reusable Starship is now really close.
It would bring the U.S. a strategic advantage is the space industry and make colonization of Mars possible.
🥇 Y para terminar con broche de oro…
Presentamos LINCE, el primer programa privado europeo de misiones tripuladas.
Buscamos dotar a Europa de la capacidad para transportar astronautas al espacio y traerlos de vuelta a la Tierra.
#beyondbyPLD
Hay que olvidarse de la política. Currar como un hdp, ponerse en economía de guerra y ahorrar lo suficiente para criar a tus hijos apartado de la tristeza social.
Tu comunidad (familia, amigos) por encima del Estado.
Tu moral (principios, valores) por encima de la ley.
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