https://youtube.com/shorts/tsJHV0mwTVE
Very interesting.

Inb4 Trump pardons this mf

Interesting. I’ve mostly seen them in the Nordic countries. (But then I haven’t had an opportunity to travel to SE Asia yet.)

That’s due to the lack of medical knowledge. Even doctors used to recommend dangerous shit back in the day. (Heck, they used to think that babies don’t feel much pain as recently as the 1980s. Archive link.) So, it’s not really an argument against communal knowledge. Also, I’m not arguing against medical help. Everyone should always seek medical help when having kids, but the communal knowledge is necessary as well.

If you think online groups are the same, I don’t have anything to say to you. Also, you’re blissfully ignoring that not everyone can do that. You mentioned that you have access to free midwives. I hope you realize that it’s a privilege that most don’t have.

Not easy, but it should be relatively cheap. If the community is there, it should be cheap. There should be free healthcare, free schooling, and paid leave for parenting. It’s still gonna be hard, but not costly to raise a kid. Making it expensive is a product of capitalism.

And I was providing examples where there is communities still available.

Maybe I am missing something, but I don’t see that in your original reply.

I’m not advocating against medical/professional help, but you were replying to a comment talking about the erosion of community. Also, this kind of help is not free in the vast majority of the world, afaik. Apart from EU, Japan, China, and maybe a few other small countries, it costs quite a lot.

It’s not the same. For starters, none of it is free. Like every other aspect of capitalism, it disproportionately affects the poor. Also, I don’t know about you, but I would never be able to trust a stranger as much as my own family. And the family is also missing out. It’s so rewarding to raise a baby. I was involved in raising many of my nieces and nephews, and it was so great. Just interacting with kids is a beautiful thing, and a wonderful stress reliever. (I know not everyone likes babies, but many do.) I know that there’s some real threat of perverts, but the fact that babies are pretty much isolated from the society is not great for their growth.

A side-effect of capitalism is the destruction of community. Back in the day when nuclear families weren’t the only kind of family possible, first-time parents leart all of this from their in-laws. But now they need to take parenting classes.

I’m from semi-rural India, and it worked that way when I was a kid, but things are starting to change there as well.

Good.

I can agree with that.

To be completely clear, I’m not making excuses. I still hate HR people. All I’m saying is that it’s a feature of capitalism, that turns people into shitheads. Sometimes against their wish.

Yes, but I’m also a commie lol.

I think I have the episode. I need to sleep now. If someone doesn’t post it by the time I wake up, I can make it.

Here you go.

I’ve been waiting for this shit for months lol.

I have a friend who used to work in HR at some point, before he decided to leave and rejoin college. From what he tells me, it seems like many HR people hate this shit as well. But they’re simply supposed to work like this. There’s this nebulous concept of what they should do, and they do it as a whole, even if most of the individuals don’t like it. The destruction of individual decision making, and any kind of critical thinking and discussion is an aspect of capitalism that isn’t discussed enough.

Yeah, I might definitely be wrong. But still looks like some Costco-like store. Maybe Sam’s Club?

Looks like Costco to me. It’s probably a pack of a few billion rolls.

Really cool movie too.

To add to it, drivers are often actively hostile to bikers in these places for some reason. I live near a university so it’s a little bit better, but it still kinda sucks.