tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post3966082028169043829..comments2024-03-14T04:37:12.809-07:00Comments on Hawaiian libertarian: It's For the Children!Keoni Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00842553742723239151noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-84938157007320658302015-05-06T13:10:59.492-07:002015-05-06T13:10:59.492-07:00"the joy of having and raising children is un..."the joy of having and raising children is unmatched by any other experience I've had in this life."<br /><br />Keoni, I agree with you. I can't imagine what my life would look like without my children.<br /><br />By the way, I borrowed your symbiosis/parasite example to teach my own kids (all young) about the importance of giving into the family instead of just taking out. It was a helpful analogy. They seem to have gotten it.<br /><br />Press On.<br /><br />8 in the GateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-43858442449174263792015-05-05T05:30:27.338-07:002015-05-05T05:30:27.338-07:00Good to see some of the Spearhead content is not t...Good to see some of the Spearhead content is not totally lost. I had a couple articles there myself. That was a pretty cool place to be for a while (before Price decided the effort was no longer worth it) - I remember a lot of those commenters and wistfully wonder where they all are these days.<br /><br />Most of the manosphere sites I read are now defunct, unfortunately.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-53844994332699158422015-05-04T07:59:26.302-07:002015-05-04T07:59:26.302-07:00"I come now to conditionally recant and retra..."I come now to conditionally recant and retract that sentiment. I see thing's differently with a little bit older and I like to think wiser eyes..."<br /><br />Sorry. You're not wiser. You're an idiot. Just because a few men got lucky doesn't make it the right decision.<br /><br />If you play Russian Roulette (1 bullet in chamber out of six) you have a 16.7% chance of blowing your had off. Marriage? Hmmm. 50%. 3 bullets in the chamber out of 6. No thanks. And that 50% figure is after the first 10 years of marriage. After 10 years it's even higher!<br /><br />Again. No thank you. <br /><br />""I just posted because there's a meme that divorce is profitable (aka "cash and prizes") for most women in a divorce.""<br /><br />That's because it is you idiot. Whaere have you been living? Mars?Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-75651975517777521802015-05-01T19:16:42.620-07:002015-05-01T19:16:42.620-07:00Good for you man. Glad to hear you are happy. The ...Good for you man. Glad to hear you are happy. The years with the young kids are deliscous. However many young men go into marriage with a totally unrealistic expectation of what they are going to get out of it and get totally blindsided. "Game" is even more important in married life than it is in single life. Robert What?https://www.blogger.com/profile/03863449539859132763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-57184495128092408512015-05-01T12:42:07.777-07:002015-05-01T12:42:07.777-07:00One of the biggest scams the christian church, as ...<i>One of the biggest scams the christian church, as Keoni's done for the last couple of posts…</i><br /><br />So you're saying I'm trying to scam the readers of this here blog by writing the things I write?<br /><br /><i>Is to imply there arent multiple ways of raising children, theres plenty of solid ways of raising which avoids marriage through christians</i><br /><br />I write about THE BEST way to raise children...not the ONLY way. <br /><br /><i>You have everything from surrogacy, which is a bonus as you avoid subjecting your children to the batshit derangement of women</i><br /><br />NAWALT lozlzolzolzol<br /><br /><i>Then you have polygamy, which is a hundreds of times superior for raising robust large families</i><br /><br />So wait...surrogacy is great because you avoid subjecting the kids to the batshit derangement of a woman...but marrying multiple women to have large families with is not subjecting all those children to a multitude of batshit deranged women is better?<br /><br />Thanks for you comments, rmax. I'll respond to the rest of your diatribe here in another post...Keoni Galtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-54428857334334097722015-05-01T12:19:46.057-07:002015-05-01T12:19:46.057-07:00@Mrs. Lastname
How many online names do you have,...@Mrs. Lastname<br /><br />How many online names do you have, TPC?<br /><br /><i>"60 million married couples. About 25 million divorced people, of whom about 10-15% have child support and/or alimony orders. Total population of 310 million, about 200 million of which are adults more or less.<br /><br />Some perspective is in order. Out of all the divorced people, only about 2-4 million (exact numbers are hard to come by, but that's the range) are getting cash and prizes. So at worst 1/6 divorces leads to cash and prizes under the current regime."</i><br /><br />Some perspective could also be had by looking at which divorces still have children in the home. Check yo'self because the only solid case you have made is that divorce isn't a financial drain for everyone and forever. Not a great argument for marriage, or against the idea that women who divorce are counting on custody and financial support.<br /><br /><i>"I just posted because there's a meme that divorce is profitable (aka "cash and prizes") for most women in a divorce."</i><br /><br />That's not an accurate assessment of the meme, or of the witnessed behavior that supports the meme.<br /><br />It is true that former wives with children do count on the state extracting payment from their former husbands.Cane Caldohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086160238694226488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-33546464185045594092015-05-01T12:08:57.179-07:002015-05-01T12:08:57.179-07:00Keoni! Diggin' these posts!
"I have deli...Keoni! Diggin' these posts!<br /><br /><i>"I have deliberately scaled back on my material standard of consumption, so as to maximize the amount of quality time I have with my offspring. I don't have a nice car (mechanically sound and runs well though), the best clothes, nor a fancy house. But I've got a little bit of freedom to indulge my time how I best see fit. I wouldn't have it any other way. (Well, I'd be a liar if I didn't admit that it would be nice to hit the lottery or something.) Now I may work a sixty hour work week, but that is usually followed by ten days off or so. Those ten days of freedom to spend with my progeny are priceless. Money cannot buy the meaningful time I've spent with my family."</i><br /><br />This is so, so, so key.Cane Caldohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086160238694226488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-29718391655109503192015-04-30T12:01:52.487-07:002015-04-30T12:01:52.487-07:00I just posted because there's a meme that divo...I just posted because there's a meme that divorce is profitable (aka "cash and prizes") for most women in a divorce. The data, such as it is, doesn't appear to reflect that. For a small percentage of divorces, it's possible to have a stream of income in the form of child support and/or alimony, and I was surprised at just how uncommon it is given the way the family court system works once you get there (high percentage of favoring the mother for custody and receipt of any child support or alimony). Relatively few divorces with children get to family court though, far fewer than one would expect. IOW there is an overstatement of the "frivorce" risk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-2155879904153234702015-04-30T09:58:43.959-07:002015-04-30T09:58:43.959-07:00When anyone speaks of "cash and prizes" ...When anyone speaks of "cash and prizes" I quit listening. They don't know what they are talking about. That's based on a lot of personal experience.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-87317588663214987262015-04-30T07:45:32.402-07:002015-04-30T07:45:32.402-07:0060 million married couples. About 25 million divo...60 million married couples. About 25 million divorced people, of whom about 10-15% have child support and/or alimony orders. Total population of 310 million, about 200 million of which are adults more or less.<br /><br />Some perspective is in order. Out of all the divorced people, only about 2-4 million (exact numbers are hard to come by, but that's the range) are getting cash and prizes. So at worst 1/6 divorces leads to cash and prizes under the current regime. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-27112851577893226952015-04-29T09:20:56.635-07:002015-04-29T09:20:56.635-07:00One of the biggest scams the christian church, as...One of the biggest scams the christian church, as Keoni's done for the last couple of posts… <br /><br />Is to imply there arent multiple ways of raising children, theres plenty of solid ways of raising which avoids marriage through christians<br /><br />You have everything from surrogacy, which is a bonus as you avoid subjecting your children to the batshit derangement of women<br /><br />Then you have polygamy, which is a hundreds of times superior for raising robust large families<br /><br />Also one of the major drawbacks of christian marriage is that it only benefits a womans preferred form of reproduction, monogamy<br /><br />Also monogamy is guaranteed to turn your children into raging manginas, as the husband is forced to suppressed his biological imperative to impregnate multiple women<br /><br />Christians expect men to suppress their biological imperative, while hoping their penis doesnt fall off from erectile dysfunction, having to sleep with a barren 40-50 woman<br /><br />Then again the entire christian religion is designed to benefit women & women only… Rmaxgenactivepuahttps://rmaxgenactivepua.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-69578543912423541752015-04-28T20:42:07.838-07:002015-04-28T20:42:07.838-07:00This is going to get a lot of people riled up.
I ...This is going to get a lot of people riled up.<br /><br />I told Reality Doug the other day: these types of posts bring forth a string of philosophical arguments that dilute almost all benefits of the advice.<br /><br />You always have this "eyes wide open" statement that gets bandied about everywhere like it's some kind of magic key with no concrete actionable steps.<br /><br />It's all good to select your wife carefully, but truth is you can't lock her down unless she has a stronger incentive to adhere to family values than to fall into the you-go-grrl temptations. Such an incentive as a strict religious belief that acts as a strong shield against ill influences from society, for example. That's usually out of your control as a man unless you are fortunate to be responsible for her religious conversion starting from the very first interaction.<br /><br />The day-to-day married living is a battle of wills these days and there's no way to win without a favorable combination of power (in form of an edge to commit violence or punishment unimpeded by the state, for instance), influence (what most call 'game', but which very much depends on her susceptibility) and authority (leadership which the society accords you as the man through the culture and law).<br /><br />So -- PRACTICALLY! -- what this means is: Step 1. Don't marry anyone who does not believe religiously that you as the man are boss. Don't even date them from the outset. 2. Don't marry her if you don't control her purse strings. Marry her only if she agrees to quit her job (before the wedding), stay home, bear children and run the house. This also means don't marry her unless you are willing and able to go 100% flat out as the bread winner. 3. Don't marry her if she has serious inhibitions about child birth or family size. 4. Don't marry her if you are not comfortable with her close relatives and friends. Especially if you hate having them around the house, or if she won't respect your need for space and privacy. 5. Marry her only if she's smart enough to homeschool your children. 6. Marry her only if she's the kind of person who respects your opinion and decisions. Don't marry her if you expect her to disagree with you on fundamental things such as above. Like if she identifies at all with any feminist ideals. 7. Don't marry her if you don't have crash protection and airbags. That means getting your attorney to bulletproof any property you own prior to the wedding and any future earnings after a divorce. If you can't get a fair shake in court concerning the custody and maintenance of your children, move to another state or country -- and naturally, she must be accepting of the logic of moving before you say your vows.<br /><br />Well, no one said this was going to be easy as pie.Gruesomenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-70829827204472002102015-04-28T19:27:16.189-07:002015-04-28T19:27:16.189-07:00Oh, and being a dad is amazing, as Keoni attests, ...<i>Oh, and being a dad is amazing, as Keoni attests, but it takes a shit load of effort.</i><br /><br />Yes, but then anything worth doing that reaps substantial benefits, requires a shit load of effort!<br /><br />Good comment, AMD...thanks.Keoni Galtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-44803090082443028632015-04-28T19:01:38.974-07:002015-04-28T19:01:38.974-07:00We may have different lifestyles but our prioritie...We may have different lifestyles but our priorities are the same. Our map is the same, and we both stumbled upon it after the fact. Raising kids with a solid, leader led marriage indisputably is better than the fem-dominated, pussy man (or worst yet single mom) led parenting so prevalent today. Or with dads that check out with work, or are otherwise mentally absent. My boss, who I like a lot, is reaping his harvest as an absentee father, with two nearly adult boys who are directionless, with no activities or real interests, and at least one will end up in jail (already spent some time). Getting your marriage right is the foundation for great kids. Nature still plays a big role, but the chances of success increase exponentially with a solid red pill marriage. At least according to this guy. <br /><br />Oh, and being a dad is amazing, as Keoni attests, but it takes a shit load of effort. Dad-daughter dances. Guy's camping weekend. How to start a fire, or shoot a basketball, or throw a punch or judo or BJJ teachings. or the quiet moments where nothing and everything happens. A bond with your blood. Undeniable.Average Married Dadhttp://averagemarrieddad.comnoreply@blogger.com