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Pat Buchanan, Conan and the Death of the West
“In half a lifetime, many Americans have seen their God dethroned, their heroes defiled, their culture polluted, their values assaulted, their country invaded, and themselves demonized as extremists and bigots for holding on to beliefs Americans have held for... See more
“I want [my daughter] to grow up in a society where she will have a comfortable and important place.”
Elaine Tyler May • Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
This will be a part of the sixth cycle’s politics but a declining part. Traditional marriage was an economic necessity, aligned with religious beliefs. With the end of the bond of economic necessity, the birth rate will obviously decline.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
You see, children were the—the RAISON D'ETRE in this country.
Charlotte Gilman • Herland
The original architects of the welfare state in Sweden realised that it required above-replacement birth rates to function. I think their approach was deeply flawed (see link in comment) but the original left thinkers were away of the material reality of the problem. https://t.co/X3gDc85UBv
behavior was changing.
Elaine Tyler May • Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
Glenn McDonald,
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
E. F. Schumacher’s Small Is Beautiful
John Michael Talbot • The Lessons of Saint Francis: How to Bring Simplicity and Spirituality into Your Daily Life
And given the marital discipline these couples exercised, it is reasonable to assume that the Victorian era’s public restraint in sexual matters evolved to reinforce a policy of “careful love.”