>>17981217
Critical thinking is very difficult for most people to do regardless of intelligence because people don't want to leave the comfort zone about their preconceived notions about the world AND because they have trouble recognizing where their "comfort zone" is so-to-speak

>>17973733
>birthrates and marriage rates have disintegrated
Birthrates seem to be a function of carrying capacity, and it's hardly exclusive to the United States. But I do agree that there should be a standard for working wages relative to inflation, average wages have increased, but are relatively stagnant relative to inflation, and this is a problem
>>17973736
I do understand this idea of disillusionment. It's a feeling that many artists have been expressing since the late 70s and early 80s at the very least.