I wish our history classes actually told the truth.

Bastiat was right. Government funded education is a bad idea. When it's funded by the government it always tells the lies that the people in power want. When it's funded by the government it cuts out things that are actually helpful and only teaches how to be a good sycophant. Why is there no philosophy? Why do we not discuss religion academically? Why is math turned into a slog through bad teaching methods? Because these are the things that can help people rise above the system.

I just don’t ignore human nature when I consider our modern lives. Biologically, we are matriarchal. Socially, we are patriarchal. The disconnect between the feminine left and the masculine right when it comes to policy making is evident.

Of course not. I commend that your presentation is more balanced than many progressives I've encountered, at least. What's at stake in the disagreement between progressivism and this new conservative thing is an interpretation of those facts.

The main thrust of the progressive perspective about this topic seems to be defined by feminists through "patriarchy theory" which claims that society imposes "a system of social structures and practices in which men dominate, oppress, and exploit women." That definition, however, comes off as patently false to men because facts do not bear out many of the expected claims. Domestic violence, far from being gendered, is actually split fairly evenly. We find that societies tend to saddle men only with the burden of being soldiers. We find that women often receive lighter sentences for the same crimes. And society responds more consistently to women's cries for help than men's. Male homelessness is much higher. Male suicide rates are triple the rates of female suicide. Men are punished for even crying out. And we must also acknowledge the facts of false paternity claims which impact the man's own wellbeing financially. But somehow feminists insist that this anti-male behavior is "patriarchy" too. The cognitive hoops that are required for that claim to make sense are mind boggling.

But the point about biology is well taken. Because the prevailing countertheory that is arising to oppose feminism's inherent bias is the evolutionary psychological theory of gynocentrism which proposes that women are given certain deferences by society because of the inherent biological instincts to protect women as potential mothers. This theory actually does a much better job explaining these anti-male aspects of society that feminism fumbles over.

The real debate that remains is determining which value has the stronger weight. The social deference to men or the biological deference to women. Society tends to prefer male leaders. But is that because women prefer men like this or because of a secret conspiracy to make men dominate or because men are honed to leadership by the hardships that are imposed through being providers? Does society willfully ignore women or is it that most women don't rise high enough in the distribution to compete effectively in the tournament that is setup for the men by the world? Biology gave women some short hands, too.

Women often have less musculature and they're saddled with that risky prospect known as pregnancy. But men have to register to be soldiers and die. Women do not. Women receive many protections that men do not. Yet we do not condemn women for receiving these. The best way to summarize this is that both sexes have challenges and society doesn't always do a good job acknowledging them.

privacy reducing policies through Congress.

I honestly don't like that, but I also understand what it's supposed to be addressing. There's definitely a problem with Deep State child abusers. And we're hoping that they use this to clean house. But I totally agree that this is not something that looks very good in the long term if Trump doesn't repeal them when he's done.

a clear path to citizenship so that they can contribute to things like social security

I agree. Cleaning up the laws and making legal immigration targets more responsive to the demand is definitely a concern I can agree about.

Working full time, sometimes with more than one job, a lot of families can not afford their expenses and are accumulating household debt at an alarming rate. At the same time, employers are requiring ever increasing qualifications for jobs that don’t pay shit. To get those qualifications usually means taking on student debt.

Definitely. I think part of the problem is that we train to jobs that no longer exist. We need to retool the education system to be more responsive to the demands of the new economy.

But, I can also understand the other point here is that many people are trained to manufacturing jobs and these are necessary for our economy. Us outsourcing these was a bad idea because it puts our critical infrastructure in the hands of potentially hostile powers like China.

There is a sense of hopelessness about the future as more and more jobs are being replaced by robots as technology advances.

There's really 2 problems here. Automation takes away jobs from low-skilled workers increasing the population of people that cannot work. Also the vain promises of benefits that never materialize for many people. We have iPhones but we don't have what we really need, a secure way of living.

As for the Clinton dynasty... I wish she would just stop.

That we can agree wholeheartedly.

the spray tanned Adonis we have been graced with, eh. He’s a conman and we’ve all known that since the 80s.

I will admit that he's not a perfect boy scout, but I do think he's done more good than harm overall for us all. I think that we've gone too far to the idea that we have to disagree with nice words and the media has been viciously misreporting on Trump. I encourage you to watch what he really does, not the mud slinging. You'll get a different picture. Purging criminal gangs and child abusers. Easing the tension with North Korea.

I'm hoping he acts like Cincinnatus once the time comes and dismantles the surveillance. But I don't know about that one.