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Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The thing to understand is that anti-choice legislature has nothing to do with “children”.
It is about control and the ongoing efforts to make Gilead a reality. For women, pregnancy is a massive commitment that has long standing job, financial, and health implications. And the “threat” of pregnancy leads to a lot of chuds who find excuses to prevent women from taking leadership roles.
And same for controlling the populace as a whole. Shit happens and condoms aren’t 100% (assuming you were even taught they exist). And unexpected/unwanted pregnancies can lead to keeping the lower class low and so forth. Girlfriend is pregnant? Better be a man and drop out of school so you can get a job. I hear the military is hiring…
Yeah here’s a take that resonates with my cynicism about Republican politicians. They literally see it as a way to get more numbers in the long run because they know it disproportionally affects poor people (ei forces them to have more kids) and they know they can get those people to vote for them through other manipulation.
Seems like a pretty long con though right? The same cynicism tells me these politicians just care about short term wins.
Interestingly, Democrats have historically had an advantage in the lower income brackets over Republicans. There’s a tipping point for the ultra wealthy to swing back to Democrat. This article is a bit older, but it’s useful to predate Trump and a bit of the weirdness that has brought with party lines (although my brief search says it still tends to be this way). The wedge issue is much more likely the point of policies like this to get the single issue voters support.
Girlfriend is pregnant? Better be a man and drop out of school so you can get a job. I hear the military is hiring…
I feel personally attacked.
That_One_Demon@lemmynsfw.com 10 months ago
I would argue it goes even one step further. Unwanted children are put into a system that is underfunded (because of republicans) or raised by families that don’t have the funds, ability, or desire to give them a good upbringing. This leads to them largely being poor and uneducated. This creates more adults that republicans want. Poor, ignorant, and in jail, or poor, ignorant, and voting republican.
Not to say that every unwanted baby ends up this way. My mother was adopted and now at 50 has an amazing relationship with both the parents that raised her and the mother that gave birth to her. But the system as a whole is designed for these children to fail.
kool_newt@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Yes, this is simply labor force management, gotta produce the next generation of wage slaves.
RubiksIsocahedron@reddthat.com 10 months ago
They think of us only as cattle.