I had no idea this was even happening. Wow.
The rise of virtual artificial intelligence (AI) girlfriends is enabling the silent epidemic of loneliness in an entire generation of young men. It is also having severe consequences for America’s future.
How is something that seems so ridiculous — a virtual AI girlfriend — causing a future crisis among Americans? Well, with millions of users, apps have created virtual girlfriends that talk to you, love you, allow you to live out your erotic fantasies, and learn, through data, exactly what you like and what you don’t like, creating the “perfect” relationship.
These virtual girlfriends can even be based on real people. One influencer created an AI bot of herself named Caryn, then gained over 1,000 users (i.e. real boyfriends) in less than a week and a waitlist of more than 15,000 people.
. . . Let’s look at the hard numbers. More than 60 percent of young men (ages 18-30) are single, compared to only 30 percent of women the same age. One in five men report not having a single close friend, a number that has quadrupled in the last 30 years. The amount of social engagement with friends dropped by 20 hours per month over the pandemic and is still decreasing.
These young men are lonely, and it is having real consequences. They are choosing AI girlfriends over real women, meaning they don’t have relationships with real women, don’t marry them and then don’t have and raise babies with them. America desperately needs people to have more babies, but all the signs are pointing toward fewer relationships, fewer marriages and fewer babies. There have been 600,000 fewer births in 2023 in the U.S. relative to 15 years ago. The number of children per woman has decreased by more than 50 percent in the last 60 years.
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You know, the main problem is that people are stupid sheep, and most young people can't afford the basic requirements to start a stable family. Don't get me wrong, stupid crap like this undoubtedly exacerbates the problem, but the bulk of it lies in the fact that most are stupid sheep who just follow "the current thing" (in this case for most women it's being a "girl boss"), combined with the fact that no 20 something year old can support themself, let alone a gf/wife and 4+kids on a salary anymore. Usually not even on two salaries if the woman is working as well.
If you were to eliminate all of the false media narratives being pushed by social media and the MSM about what people believe and "what's actually cool/preferred/acceptable", and give people non-monopoly money in livable amounts, then the population would skyrocket to the point of a second generation of baby boomers.
This has more or less been proven in Hungary and Poland, Hungary and Poland have pretty traditionalist morals and have resisted the globalist homosexual feminist brainwashing pretty well overall. Especially when compared to other Euro Nations. As a result, the feminist "Girl boss" crap doesn't really exist there.
Likewise, while they haven't gotten rid of their monopoly money, they HAVE established a means of financial incentive for younger and middle aged people to have more kids. For example, in Hungary, a married couple actually has an inverted tax rate based on the number of children they have.
If a married couple in Hungary has 4+ Children, and doesn't get divorced, then they pay zero federal income tax, and zero property tax on personal property for the rest of their lives. This not only gives them more money for their family, but also incentives buying a home for said family.
In doing this, Hungary has just about doubled their birth rate in the past 10 years. It's still less than it should be (that's just how low it was before they started this), but it's still growing every year.
Now combine family oriented incentives like this with the use of non-monopoly money that has actual value and goes much further. Boom, Instant Baby Boom.
Of course this doesn't apply to every nation. Western Nations will have a much easier time doing something like this because our culture is so much different than eastern nations.
Japan for example, well to be blunt, I believe they're pretty much screwed. They've tried the exact same policies, on top of literally giving away free houses to people under 40 if they get married and/or have children. And it's only slightly raised their birth rate.
This is because the culture of Japan is so much different than a western nation. They typically have a weird herd mentality type culture. For example, a job isn't a place to work for yourself to make money for you and your family. The company IS your family and is your provider, so they work ridiculous hours with little overtime, benefits, etc.
It's a concept known as "Black Companies", and it's one of the reasons why Japan, and most other Southeast Asian nations, have some of the highest depression and suicide rates in the world.
You can give young people all the free houses you want, and increase the value of their money all you want, but if they have no time to themselves to enjoy anything, and are constantly overworked and unappreciated because they're easily replaced, then they're not going to have the motivation to go out and date, marry, start a family, etc.
The solution for western nations is relatively simple, and has already had proven success in Hungary and Poland. Give young people actual money, a living wage, and destroy the media brainwashing. Do this, and you'll basically see a modernized version of the 50s again because the sheep will just follow "the new thing" to be part of the crowd.
The East is a bit more up in the air, as I really don't have an answer on how to fix their mess, given it's so ingrained in their very culture.
It's interesting how often I see people here advocating for living wages. That's something I've always associated with liberals.
It was just a few years ago that the idea of paying a burger flipper $15/hr would make people angry.
What has changed?
I'm not criticizing you for your post or ideas. I am curious why attitudes concerning living wages has changed so much among conservatives.
Nothing has changed, burger flippers still don't, and never have, deserved a "living wage". Being a fry cook at Burger King is not a career. It's a short term Job meant for Teenagers to get their feet wet in the world of employment and earning their own money.
HOWEVER, when people with actual skills and careers (E.G.: Mechanics, Ambulance Drivers, Police Officers, Welders, Construction Workers, etc. etc.) Can no longer afford the basic necessities to just live an average life, the average income isn't enough.
I remember seeing an article a week or so ago, that the only job/company in the United States where wages have actually kept up properly with inflation was UPS and FEDEX drivers because of company policy set by the founders.
And that's why UPS and FEDEX drivers make, on average, $170K a year. That's how much value our money has lost since the FED was established (UPS was established in 1907, several years before the FED was established).
So yes, I'm all for an actual living wage for REAL jobs and careers, but the 15 year old calling me a dickhead under his breath for asking for extra sweet and sour sauce for my nuggets doesn't deserve the equivalent of $170K for working 10-15 hours a week flipping burgers after school and during the holidays.
Minimum wage isn't the problem, really and truly corporate profits aren't either (though it IS rather crappy to not give your employees a raise when times are good). The problem is inflation is so ridiculous now, that to equal a living wage, you have to make six figures.
Understood
I thought the large salary UPS drivers make (or will eventually make after completing a 5 year contract) was due to negotiations with Teamsters after a strike threat.
I don't think FedEx pays nearly the same, and UPS drivers have not always made such good money. All that came about this year.
https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-workers-comments-170k-ups-driver-deal-anger-admiration-2023-8
I just remember the article I read and what it said. Fine me for repeating after some random internet article (probably forbes or something). But the point still stands, if you take the average income for most major cities in 1930 ($5,000-$7,000 a year), you're still in the six figure range if you account for inflation ($110K-$130K).
Still way above what most "average incomes" are in the USA currently, and INFINTIELY more than a burger flipping 15 year old deserves.