Sigmund
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@celestialbe1ng Well said.
I get the impression that European peoples outside of the USA inherit more, more often, than within the USA. There is also an emphasis on lifestyle over money outside the USA.
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How do Europeans live?
I can’t speak for Poland bc I earn American money while living here and haven’t lived here long but I can speak for the UK and Sweden.
My Swedish friends inherited their house in Stockholm from their grandparents. She’s a doctor. He’s a computer scientist. Both say they would struggle to buy a house today.
A person close to me started at a top London architecture firm earning around £2,200/mo after tax.
How do people cope? They stay with their parents much longer than Americans do. They live with roommates well into their 30s. They use public transport instead of owning cars. They vacation closer to home. They buy fewer things. They renovate and repair instead of replacing. They inherit property or rely on family support. Grandparents help with childcare. Healthcare is cheaper. Adult children move back home after breakups or job losses and nobody really bats an eye. Multi-generational living is far more common.
There is a lot more second-guessing before any non essential purchase.
Europe has many wonderful things. Disposable income is generally not one of them.
LUKEY ✣@VERYKOOLLUKEY
Genuinely don’t know how Europeans afford to live Restaurants / grocery stores are only marginally cheaper than America Cars + fuel are much more expensive Rent is rapidly rising to the nearly the same prices as tier 2/3 cities in America for comparable locations The average wage here in Poland is ~1500$ a month genuinely don’t know how you would survive on that nevertheless raise a family If you are an American you should be grateful
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Someone, somewhere, please redpill this boy.
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 NEW: Buckingham Palace has announced Prince George will attend Eton College from September
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@mark_mijdus This has no artistic merit, whatsoever. You are correct, Meneer de Nijs, it is done to desecrate and obscure. Indeed an attack on Christianity.
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@cOldThymer @crazyclips_ Nah. A 12-year-old girl should not be getting this upset about a boat that doesn't belong to her. Even were she 25, and the boat belonged to her, I would still not like to see this kind of reaction. Quiet annoyance is much more likeable than this shit.
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@oppenbaum @crazyclips_ I think she is yelling something about damages on a “brand new f*cking boat”.
Seems like a legit reason for anger.
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@oppenbaum @goddek That's what I'd think but I don't know their culture.
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@RupertLowe10 Some crimes are so egregious, they warrant nothing less: cold-blooded murder, rape, and treason.
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@CuriosityonX To be fair, we are a little bigger and slightly more complex an organism than a bacterium.
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DID YOU KNOW: A small wave breaking on a beach contains more living organisms than the total number of humans who have ever existed on Earth — roughly 10 million bacteria, viruses, and tiny plankton in every milliliter of seawater — meaning every wave that touches the shore carries a population of life that vastly outnumbers every person who has ever lived in the entire history of our species.


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Preserving Iceland: Why Our Birth Rates Are Falling and What Low Immigration Could Change
Iceland has always thrived despite the cold, darkness, and historical hardships. Our people built families young and strong for generations, without modern wealth. So why has our total fertility rate dropped to a record low of ~1.56 in 2024, with women now having first children at an average age of ~29 (up from under 22 in the 1970s)?
It’s not primarily “economics” or crises. It’s a cultural shift:
- Propaganda and societal messaging pushing women (and men) to delay children until 25–30+ for careers, “readiness,” and personal goals.
- A move from family-first values to materialism, consumerism, and appearance pressures (social media, aesthetics, self-fulfillment over legacy).
This delay shrinks the window for larger families. Historically, Icelanders had children earlier even in tougher times, proving resilience and priorities matter more than GDP.
Meanwhile, immigration surged from the mid-1990s onward (foreign-born now ~18–21%). Net migration drives most population growth.
While immigrants add labor, rapid change strains our small society’s language, culture, and identity. Foreign nationals now make up ~38–42% of the prison population (vs. ~18% of residents), highlighting integration challenges without a broad crime spike.
A modest proposal: Cap net immigration at 2–5% of annual native births (~86–215 people/year given current ~4,300 births). This would:
1. Slow demographic replacement and protect Icelandic identity/language.
2. Reduce competition pressures that may indirectly suppress native births.
3. Allow cultural focus to shift back toward earlier families and less materialism.
Iceland’s strength is its people and heritage, not endless growth at the cost of who we are.
Pro-natal policies + strong integration + low, selective immigration can help us thrive while staying Icelandic. What do you think?
VölvaX 🍎
Artwork @havamal23

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@oppenbaum Just to be clear…. Your view is that some random black people killed the guy, and then 24 hours later this woman killed herself?
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