Ebay has really clamped down, too. My ebay account was once tied to me by nothing more than a throwaway email. But now it's tied to your phone, your bank, and your social security number (because they report your sales to the IRS).

It's all pretty irksome, until my credit card number gets stolen yet again and wastes more of my time than typing in a 2FA ever could.

Sometimes you wonder if everything is just going to grind to a halt having been sucked dry by all the scamming leeches.

And this is why many men are avoiding the social contract.

What is more, men who are making average income are generally eliminated from the marriage pool after losing half of their assets - even more in many cases. Unless a man is wealthy, he's not going to be attractive as a mate any more.

This is all pretty simple math.

Because we live in a country where reproductive rights are the sole province of women. The man is considered a wallet.

Take abortion for instance. Although I support abortion if it is Tuesday, the man has no part in it, if he is pro or con an instance where he opposes the woman's decision, he has zero input. But after birth, it is mostly his responsibility for the next 22 years.

You can see this in divorce cases, where the judges who are responsible have to constantly remind the women that the children are both hers and his, not solely hers.

Um, While you appear to believe that women are always the victim, never at fault, yes, homie - there are indeed abusive women out there.

"The woman is always the victim" narrative is 100 percent disempowering and insulting to women, as it casts them as weak and incapable.

This.

If people think that this is the worst of times, never equaled in the history of humanity, They kinda have it wrong.

When I first entered the workforce in the early 1970's we had double digit inflation, not to mention a high unemployment rate.

And the common mantra was "Don't save money, Inflation will make it worth nothing!" And Meanwhile, like a dumbass, I heeded my old man's advice and saved and invested - a lot.

So 3 separate TDA's, money in indexes and munis. and it ain't too shabby to retire on 6 figures yearly. It does take discipline, and smart investment counselor that doesn't try to blow smoke up yer ass.

An interesting discussion is why at earlier times, this did not happen.

Even during the depression in the 1930's, people did not stop having sex.

The only cases PHEV's don't rule would seem to be 1) a city car that never goes far (I have a couple of these and will never buy another gas car of this type); or 2) a truck that just hauls stuff long distances every day, since the battery in the PHEV would only be blunting fuel use a little.

Where did you get your very exciting statistic about 85% of humans living in non-developed regions from?

To make it relevant it would need to be 85% of people in the car market living in non-developed regions. So, 85% of people in developed economies living in non-developed regions. Sounds legit.

So, something's gotta give. Could be any of the following:

• Massive leaps in technology. (Mostly from America and it's 'horrible' work culture by the way).
• Decreased standard of living - consuming less, retiring older. And maybe being less materialistic is fine, that's a value judgment
• Mass immigration. Of course what changes that might have on the economy and literally everything else that currently makes Europe whatever it is, who can say. Maybe making Europe more like Turkey won't help the economy that much after all.

^this, One of my friends bought a Model 3 as he mostly commutes around town, after 2 years he is going back to ICE. He loves the EV but that small percentage of time he travels for family or a holiday is hugely inconvenient, requires planning or a rental vehicle. Easter this year was the final straw for him as he was stuck in an hour queue just to get to a charger. So probably 95% of the time EV's work for him, but he can't put up with that 5% of the time anymore.

Allow me, and let us look at Pew research.https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/08/20/nearly-half-of-u-s-adults-say-dating-has-gotten-harder-for-most-people-in-the-last-10-years/

80 percent of women only find 20 percent of men attractive: https://www.eviemagazine.com/p... If a dating site is too beyond the pale, perhaps Connecticut State University will lmeet your exacting standards https://studyfinds.org/unattra... It might be easier to read the Psychology Today article regarding this emerging trend: https://www.psychologytoday.co....

Divorce https://www.forbes.com/advisor...