02-15-2025, 09:48 AM
Elon fathered another child but this thread is a better fit for this commentary.
To fix the birthrate issue Musk should tell us his secret.
Other dudes have money but they don't breed 26 year olds at 53. Yet the dynamic kind of makes sense in modern society with highly independent women uninterested in having a man around all the time, let alone a boy her age without the same grit and ambition. These are not the classic broke, desperate, dumped single moms of old.
At the same time older guys with a grand vision do want children and families but don't want to deal with the insignificant day to day errands. But these are not the type of 'daddies' that freak out, demand abortions or break it off if they find out she wants a child.
Ashley posted something about Elon being the greatest war general of our time last year and this is indeed close to how it worked in the Roman and Ottoman empires when generals took on wives and harems in between wars. And while many see those as mysoginist male dominated societies there is an argument that they weren't.
Women often held high political positions and managed staff, supplies, trade, taxation and properties. And in terms of loyalty even if the men were out looting, fighting, hunting and yes enjoying the spoils of their conquest, they would always return home even if they knew their wives weren't waiting for months and had flings at court too.
The strange thing is that these societies are also seen as 'conservative' but don't fit the classic marriage model at all. I think there is a lot of taboos that need revisiting and that would lift a burden for both fit independent young women and healthy succesful men.
To fix the birthrate issue Musk should tell us his secret.
Other dudes have money but they don't breed 26 year olds at 53. Yet the dynamic kind of makes sense in modern society with highly independent women uninterested in having a man around all the time, let alone a boy her age without the same grit and ambition. These are not the classic broke, desperate, dumped single moms of old.
At the same time older guys with a grand vision do want children and families but don't want to deal with the insignificant day to day errands. But these are not the type of 'daddies' that freak out, demand abortions or break it off if they find out she wants a child.
Ashley posted something about Elon being the greatest war general of our time last year and this is indeed close to how it worked in the Roman and Ottoman empires when generals took on wives and harems in between wars. And while many see those as mysoginist male dominated societies there is an argument that they weren't.
Women often held high political positions and managed staff, supplies, trade, taxation and properties. And in terms of loyalty even if the men were out looting, fighting, hunting and yes enjoying the spoils of their conquest, they would always return home even if they knew their wives weren't waiting for months and had flings at court too.
The strange thing is that these societies are also seen as 'conservative' but don't fit the classic marriage model at all. I think there is a lot of taboos that need revisiting and that would lift a burden for both fit independent young women and healthy succesful men.