Re:No, Teen Suicide Isn’t Rising Because Life Got Objectivel...
by falcolas on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @01:13PM
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Those weren't the goals asked for by the parent.
But to address this individually, yes, they are required for any kind of a family - single or married or with 55 children. And it's harder to do than it has been for the hundreds of thousands of years before now - it's not something you just "get" for working, for being part of a community, anymore.
In other words, being hale and working all of the sunlit hours week is no longer sufficient to provide for a family. Something relatively new in human history.
EDIT: $7.25 (US federal minimum wage) * 8 hours * 365 days/year puts you right at the poverty line for a 3 person household. A quality of life which may theoretically be better than that of a caveman, but hardly what I'd call "providing" for your family.
Our material gains are only true quality of life improvements when they increase the access to things that are "meaningful" like relationships. GDP increase could mean you are capable of producing one Jurassic Park sequel each year, while people's ability to start a family stagnates.