Perhaps in the same way that people say men aren't worth it, i.e. the frustration, pain, etc of being in a relationship. A pretty common and non-gendered refrain.

Well, those results are pretty accurate. SJP kinda sucks.

Given my comments on having kids, it's hilarious that you'd assume I'd have any.

Education should indeed be considered a public good particularly in K-12, wherein private education facilities are a direct affront to equal opportunity and the betterment of society.

It's about fertility rates and economics, and it's about putting long-term society before individual preferences.

And as long as people keep making the short-term and (understandably) selfish choice, these situations will just get worse. It's happening now. 1 out of 5 people aged 22-34 are under- or unemployed despite being the most educated labor force in existence. This gets worse as people continue to let privatization and…

I agree. Most people who have kids do so out of selfish desire - there's nothing more selfish than choosing to have children in a world of 7 billion people (twice the carrying capacity of the planet), and in a country where technological innovation and outsourcing (and corporate greed) has created an under- and…

Not everyone's kids, just yours.

The highway programs are part of the middle class 'welfare' I'm referring to, in addition to the housing subsidies and such. Thanks for pointing that out.

One primary thing that holds so many minorities back is the dead-wrong thinking that education, wealth, professional demeanors, etc are characteristics of "the dominant White majority". These are characteristics of having and utilizing opportunity, which is exactly why racism has fought so hard to segregate minorities…

You've got to be kidding. This is your reason not to leave cities for suburbia?

A common strategy for developers, actually. You build one degree away from a developed area because it's super cheap, but you buy the land in between and hold on to it while prices rise by being in between two 'nicer' areas.

Kenneth Jackson. “Federal Subsidy and the Suburban Dream: How Washington Changed the American Housing Market”

Well, and it's older than that at the global scale. We can look at the French colonization of Algeria and that a-hole Le Corbusier for more proof.

Speaking from an urban planning background, the entire US economy since post WWII has been based on race- and class-based segregation via suburbanization and ghetto-ization. Since this time, we've decided that our entire economic agenda will be based on buying houses and filling them up with bullshit. Conversely, we…

I like that better, so I guess I'll see if I can better articulate why I find value in this.

Thanks for adding one more earth-killing little sociopath to an overpopulated planet of 7 billion people!

Neuroscience has shown time and again that the brain 'actively' processes books and goes into a 'passive receptive' state while watching tv and movies. It's a difference in alpha and beta brain waves, and it makes all the difference between being a vegetable and maintaing a healthy and active mind. It's also why…

I dunno, I'd probably give a few teabags for testicular cancer.

Or it's the fact that asshole cat-callers often don't pull that shit when other men are around. I know so many men that have not actually witnessed cat-calling. Most men don't do it, and those that do only do it when they can subordinate women with no threat of response or retaliation from the majority of men who are…