Discussion: Society and Politics

[MagnarTheGreat]

The young are now most unhappy people in the United States, new report shows

A new report shows that among Americans, young people are the most unhappy. USA TODAY spoke to experts and young people to shed light on the results.

www.usatoday.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

California State Senate Poised to Have a Female Majority for First Time Ever

While election results are still pouring in, there are enough ‘women vs. women’ primary races that come December, the California state Senate is likely to be comprised of 53% women.

sfist.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Men are taking this class to become better husbands, brothers and sons
CNN visits a school in Bogota where adult men and teenagers learn how to care for newborns, make ponytails and better engage with their emotions. Stefano Pozzebon examines how this class aims to rebalance household responsibilities. Editor's Note: This story is part of As Equals, CNN's ongoing series on gender inequality. For information about how the series is funded and more, check out our FAQs.



A long time ago there used to be things called or referred to as 'finishing schools' or 'charm' schools for young women. I've wondered if there is a need for such things but now for young men to avoid the lure of the online grifters that don't improve your life like Tate and Rogan. The problem comes if and when such men like those worm their way into running those schools and classes.

Finishing school - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

US changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity

For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is changing how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity.

scrippsnews.com

 

[Hobgoblin]

So…a trailer was found on fire in Tennessee today. When the fire was put out, it was found to be full of Bibles.


A trailer of Bibles, in the south, intentionally burned, on Easter. I’m an atheist and even I cringe at that. If that isn’t an “eff you” then I don’t know what is.

 

[blueharvest]

So…a trailer was found on fire in Tennessee today. When the fire was put out, it was found to be full of Bibles.


A trailer of Bibles, in the south, intentionally burned, on Easter. I’m an atheist and even I cringe at that. If that isn’t an “eff you” then I don’t know what is.

Any chance it was a trailer full of those $60 Trump Bibles?

 

[squeekness]

Any chance it was a trailer full of those $60 Trump Bibles?

It was the first thought that ran through my mind, lol.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?

The evidence is equivocal on whether screen time is to blame for rising levels of teen depression and anxiety — and rising hysteria could distract us from tackling the real causes.

www.nature.com

Jonathan Haidt Promoted a Fringe Theory on Trans Youth — Assigned

The author of “The Anxiety Generation” told Margaret Hoover for PBS that young people become trans due to peer contagion effects. There is no evidence for this claim.

www.assignedmedia.org

 

[DA_Champion]

Courtesy of the British conservative party, what may be the worst political graphic I've seen:



Edit:

They took it down lol !

But I have a screenshot !

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Despair makes young US men more conservative ahead of US election, poll shows​

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/despair-makes-young-us-men-more-conservative-ahead-us-election-poll-shows-2024-04-12/

A large global survey issued on Friday showed a surge in despair and disillusionment with established politics, particularly among young American men, the only U.S. population group to turn more conservative over the past decade.

The study, opens new tab by the international research agency Glocalities, shared with Reuters, offered context for November's U.S. presidential poll and a plethora of votes worldwide, including a European Union parliamentary election in June.

Social media algorithms were magnifying the trend by drawing "moderately conservative young men towards more extreme and radical conservative male role models and world views".

"Globally young women are likely the most liberal group in human history," the report said.

Young women were worried above all about social issues such as sexual harassment, domestic violence, child abuse and neglect.

Young men were more geared towards achieving social and economic status, and set store by conservative family values and competition, bravery and honour.

If the report offered a glimmer of optimism, it was among the world's men and women over 55, the only groups to become generally more hopeful over the decade, as well as more liberal.

 

[DA_Champion]

Despair makes young US men more conservative ahead of US election, poll shows​

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/despair-makes-young-us-men-more-conservative-ahead-us-election-poll-shows-2024-04-12/

If the system has nothing to offer people, then people will reject the system.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Time Use

How do people across the world spend their time? How do daily activities differ across countries, and how do these differences matter for people’s lives? Explore data and research on time use.

ourworldindata.org

Visualized: Who Americans Spend Their Time With

Social connections evolve throughout our lifetimes. Here we chart how much time Americans spend with others, and who that time is spent with.

www.visualcapitalist.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Who likes loud cars? Ontario study suggests they skew young, male and score high on psychopathy and sadism​

Western University prof says noise pollution from illegal cars needs to be taken seriously

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/loud-car-study-psychology-1.7177688

 

[blueharvest]

https://www.semafor.com/article/04/22/2024/a-bipartisan-pair-aims-to-solve-americas-happiness-problem?utm_campaign=semaforreddit

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

America's young men are blowing their money like never before

Young guys are gambling on everything from sports to crypto — and companies have turned their appetite for risk into a lucrative new market.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

US fertility rate dropped to lowest in a century as US births dipped in 2023 | CNN

The fertility rate in the United States has been trending down for decades, and a new report shows that another drop in births in 2023 brought the rate down to the lowest it’s been in more than century.

amp.cnn.com

Axios - Births dropped in 2023, ending pandemic baby boom

The U.S. population has still been growing, albeit slower, and you have immigration - both documented and undocumented - to thank for that…else the population of the United States would be shrinking.

Global map:

Sub-replacement fertility - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Map of countries by total fertility rate.

World population projected to reach 9.8 billion in 2050, and 11.2 billion in 2100 | United Nations

www.un.org

 

[blueharvest]

US fertility rate dropped to lowest in a century as US births dipped in 2023 | CNN

The fertility rate in the United States has been trending down for decades, and a new report shows that another drop in births in 2023 brought the rate down to the lowest it’s been in more than century.

amp.cnn.com

Axios - Births dropped in 2023, ending pandemic baby boom

The U.S. population has still been growing, albeit slower, and you have immigration - both documented and undocumented - to thank for that…else the population of the United States would be shrinking.

Global map:

Sub-replacement fertility - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Map of countries by total fertility rate.

World population projected to reach 9.8 billion in 2050, and 11.2 billion in 2100 | United Nations

www.un.org

Everything is too expensive now. I'm not surprised the birth rate in the US dropped.

 

[squeekness]

US fertility rate dropped to lowest in a century as US births dipped in 2023 | CNN

The fertility rate in the United States has been trending down for decades, and a new report shows that another drop in births in 2023 brought the rate down to the lowest it’s been in more than century.

amp.cnn.com

Axios - Births dropped in 2023, ending pandemic baby boom

The U.S. population has still been growing, albeit slower, and you have immigration - both documented and undocumented - to thank for that…else the population of the United States would be shrinking.

Global map:

Sub-replacement fertility - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Map of countries by total fertility rate.

World population projected to reach 9.8 billion in 2050, and 11.2 billion in 2100 | United Nations

www.un.org

There's enough people on the planet already. Too many!

 

[DA_Champion]

Everything is too expensive now. I'm not surprised the birth rate in the US dropped.

Daycare in my area is $25,000/year for the first two years, then maybe $10,000/year for the two years after that. In the year after, pre-K is typically available.

A typical house is $400,000. So you probably need $30,000 for the closing costs, then $4,500/month for mortgage, insurance, utilities, upkeep.

A car, with insurance and gas, will come at $700/month, if you can manage $1000 for the down payment.

So that's like $7000/month already.

But the real problem is that young people are drinking $5 lattees and eating smashed avo toasts.

 

[squeekness]

Daycare in my area is $25,000/year for the first two years, then maybe $10,000/year for the two years after that. In the year after, pre-K is typically available.

A typical house is $400,000. So you probably need $30,000 for the closing costs, then $4,500/month for mortgage, insurance, utilities, upkeep.

A car, with insurance and gas, will come at $700/month, if you can manage $1000 for the down payment.

So that's like $7000/month already.

But the real problem is that young people are drinking $5 lattees and eating smashed avo toasts.

Don't forget them needing to the most current phones and cable packages.

 

[Hobgoblin]

What do you guys think when people say we are sending too much money overseas to Ukraine and Israel? We have plenty of social problems here at home.

Personally it feels like damned if you do, damned if you don’t. We can’t allow Russia to threaten Europe and Israel is still our ally. But people are right, the fentanyl problem is out of control and no one can afford housing. Someone wiser than me needs to tell me how we handle so many problems at one time.

 

[DA_Champion]

What do you guys think when people say we are sending too much money overseas to Ukraine and Israel? We have plenty of social problems here at home.

Personally it feels like damned if you do, damned if you don’t. We can’t allow Russia to threaten Europe and Israel is still our ally. But people are right, the fentanyl problem is out of control and no one can afford housing. Someone wiser than me needs to tell me how we handle so many problems at one time.

Ultimately the problem will soon take care of itself. The USA will lose the ability and in many cases has already lost the ability to lead the rest of the world because it doesn't take care of its home front. The country that won WW2 and put a man on the moon is long gone.

For example, in Ukraine, Russia is able to manufacture more weapons, and better weapons, for substantially less money. That wasn't always the case, but as the US grows more inefficient the gap will only widen. Separately, Iran was able to technologically overcome the combined US, European, and Israeli air defense programs, for much less money.

The USA needs to take care of its home front as it is at risk of a collapse comparable to that of ancient Rome. That includes the fentanyl and affordable housing problems, also the border, overworked families and lack of support for families, for profit health care, the lack of a manufacturing base, a weak education system, etc.

In the meantime it should agree to a two state solution in the middle east or some other solution, and to a new security framework with Russia. Europe should also be expected to pay for its own defense instead of nearly entirely relying on the USA.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

What do you guys think when people say we are sending too much money overseas to Ukraine and Israel? We have plenty of social problems here at home.

Personally it feels like damned if you do, damned if you don’t. We can’t allow Russia to threaten Europe and Israel is still our ally. But people are right, the fentanyl problem is out of control and no one can afford housing. Someone wiser than me needs to tell me how we handle so many problems at one time.

The aid to Ukraine (which has been turned into a loan for the newest aid to pass the R House) and Israel is small in comparison to the $800+ billion annual federal military budget, which itself is just a part of the overall yearly budget.

States and cities in particular are the ones that need to step it up when it comes to housing as they are the front line of the housing market that makes decisions on how to zone and so much more.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]