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Off Topic / Re: The 2025 Republican Wealth Bill is Much Worse Than 2017
« Last post by Rob27shred on Sun, 06 July 2025, 16:22:11 »for me to ever want to have kids & sentence my lineage to what may be
My kids are the greatest part of my life and I could hardly imagine them not existing. We (too) often talk about the state of the world and the future, yet they (unlike many members of younger generations) don't "blame" those of us who came before, ie the last few hundreds of generations of their ancestors - but most especially their parents - for the accumulating cataclysm of **** that is crashing down around us.
They accept that everyone has to play the cards that they are dealt, and that there is more beauty and awesomeness in the world than anyone can experience in a lifetime - so it is up to them to seek out beauty and inspiration rather than wallow in self-pity.
I have asked them, very specifically, "Do you think that we did the right thing in bringing you into the world?" and they were very enthusiastically glad to exist, even though they have certainly had their low places.
I went to school with a kid who's dad was the head coach of our HS football team.
It is quite amusing but sad for me to listen to the kerfuffle of Drumpf's war, absolute obsession of fury, against Harvard University (specifically), with hardly any of the news outlets providing the simple background.
Harvard turned Baron Trump down for admission - this is all just a ludicrous temper tantrum for revenge.
On your first point, I am very glad to hear you & your kids think of it that way. You're not wrong, just to me I feel like we might see the break of our current civilization in our lifetime let alone our children's. After having a pregnancy scare with an ex GF years ago I came to the conclusion kids are not something I want to actively pursue after having a very long think about things. If it were to happen I'd for sure love them & care for them the best I could, also I'm sure I'd be very happy & proud of having them in my life. It's just something I couldn't knowingly do with the state of affairs in the world. especially now compared to then. On your second point I agree 100% it's the anthropomorphic orange's way of revenge since they turned him down. I really don't think that thing has any boundaries & scares the living **** out of me. You can tell he's just itching to spark off some crazy war so he play with the shiny toys before he misses that opportunity. At least that's how I think he is thinking about the military.