Message from @Jacob
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There is nothing wrong with living with your parents, as long as you are putting your life to good use.
Multigenerational living is very trad
@Natasha - PA Sadly it pretty much eliminates any chance of meeting women, ironically.
I've actually been thinking that we may end up needing to at least temporarily move back toward multi-generational cohabitation as things continue to deteriorate. It allows for the building of familial solidarity, the pooling of resources, and it provides more physical security for the women involved.
@Jacob But yeah, I've been kicked out of ketosis a few times via courtesy-eating my mom's food. She gets offended when I don't eat. She slaps Margarine all over the vegetables. It's frustrating.
...not to mention aiding in the rearing of children ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ
I just realized my dad did the most boomer thing ever
He had the opportunity to inherit a house in Poland from his parents, but he chose not to because muh principles and he wanted to emigrate
We could have literally had a free house
As someone who might in that position, he might be feeling as though he is stealing/abandoning his home.
well uh
@Jacob ...and a school environment like this:
he can't be abandoning his house if he had a chance to inherit the one he grew up in
He wouldn't be building one up himself though, which might be what is tying him down though eh
my uncle built an extension to it
my dad could have done that
@Bjorn - MD Now imagine how nice Poland would be if there was no brain drain due to emigration
Only a matter of time...
There are less and less suitable places whence said brains can drain by the year...
One thing I think was kinda cool about the communist government was emigration restrictions
No thanks. No way would I ever tolerate a government that would hold me prisoner.
Broken clocks are right twice daily
You tolerate this one
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Nothing's stopping anybody leaving the US.
People leave here all the time.
Lol.
I've seen the frog alot, What does it mean?
@sigruna14 I'm still undecided if I would actually support that policy in real life but I definitely see the merits. Which is why I said "kinda"
Yeah. I'm neither a communist, nor even a socialist, but I have to say that I struggle not to say that I'd rather live in circa October '89 East Germany than a minority-White U.S...
@Jacob Best to make a country nobody would want to leave rather than hold your own citizens prisoner.
Another way to look at it is it's like forcing parents to take care of their children. It's not really holding you prisoner, it's forcing you to be a good citizen and fulfill your obligation to your people to repay your ancestors.
That said, I oppose emigration controls, but I was just alluding to the relative importance of demographics vs. economic minutia.
@Wilhelm You are lucky, you obviously don't watch TV or spend much time online.
I try not to
@Nemets In hindsight, maybe. A hard call to make, but definitely an argument I'd be willing to entertain.
Both were devoid of organic spirituality, but the East had more organic social cohesion.
...which is ironic, considering that 500,000 or so East Germans were on the Stasi informant rolls.
I've talked to my mom about that
She said a big difference under communism is that they didn't have the same culture of chasing after money we have today