Were we bad in a past life? That's becoming an increasingly likely scenario as we continue to plod through this text, spending far too many of our precious waking hours engaging with this toxicity. We think there's some truth to the idea that you're an average of the 5 people you spend the most time with: probably not great that the words of Aaron Clarey/Myron Gaines are now on that list for Joel and Naomi.
In part 3 of chapter 6 we discuss the unstated but explicitly eugenics-y arguments of valuing people by their productive capabilities, the fact that women do not uniformly vote as a block for welfare policies, why fiscal incidence is a bad way to track both people's contributions to society and the government's provision of social services. and the fact that women did not immediately start voting for welfare policies as soon as they could vote. We also dig into two unconvincing studies and a definitely not racist website Aaron cites but refuses to engage with.
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This month we made a donation to a trans rights org supporting trans individuals fleeing states where their existence is being outlawed. There are a lot of groups doing good work like this: take a look at your community.
