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[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 77 points 4 days ago (19 children)

I find nothing wrong with this movement, but at the same time I almost feel like this movement is exactly what "government's" may want. Less educated individuals having children means more uneducated voters in the long run.

Kind of like that scene in Idiocracy (2006).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJDcoqrh1ac

[–] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 28 points 4 days ago (7 children)

It's not like women turned out in droves for Harris either. Who's going to withhold from the women that dropped the ball?

[–] CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (6 children)

You don’t need to. I’ve run the numbers elsewhere but if we assume 100% of your dating pool are women and 50%-ish are liberal, even if only half of them participate it’s going to put pressure on men very quickly if they don’t want to be alone.

Now we know those women aren’t spread equally so this movement isn’t going to be consistently effective everywhere. But in places like Texas, it would mean most of the major cities harm Republican men seeking relationships/sex.

And taken one step further, this creates a child shortage if done for long enough. Even just 10% of women deciding not to have kids will have a big effect. People worry about conservatives just having more kids but realistically they work lower end jobs and don’t have money for that. Imagine raising 3-4 kids in this economy, not many will do that.

[–] felixthecat@fedia.io 6 points 4 days ago

Keep in mind that even in a place like texas, in major cities liberal voters far outnumber conservatives. There are millions of us voting hoping that one day the people that don't will finally register and give the state the changes it desperately needs.

It may look like we're outnumbered. But the biggest problem we have by far nationwide is the amount of people that don't vote. Conservatives are honestly outnumbered everywhere except in states like north and south Dakota that have a ton of land and low population.

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