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em. Meaning they might get what they wanted with abortion, but it would make them unelectable from that point on. And I think they took that choice. So at least they're playing by the rules. Let me put it this way: at least the Republicans are acting in a principled way. It looks like it. It looks like it's a principled stand. But the net effect will be to take them out of power. So I'm not sure t…
← Previous segment →hat? That the value of women as wives has gone way down, because they don't offer the same value proposition. You know, it's not like they're saying I will take care of you and be with you forever and raise your kids and always be loyal. None of that's even offered. It's more like, hey, look at this. Why wouldn't you want this? I'm female. I'm a queen. Why wouldn't you want some of this? And the guys are just saying I can have some of that for free, and I could have your friend too for free if I'm good looking. And if I'm not good looking, nothing works. So I don't know. It's an interesting question.
I would agree that if you could have kids, it's still the only way to go. You'd agree with that, right? If you're going to have kids, it's the only way to go. But the odds of it working are not so great for the guy. Yeah. So I suspect that there's going to be a market developed for people having other people's babies. Of course I have a prenup, duh. When people ask me if I had prenups for my marriages, are you kidding? That's like asking me if I kept my money in the 19th largest bank. No, no I didn't. No, I don't put my money in the 19th largest bank, and there's a reason for that. I do take care of basic risks.
All right. So what do you think, by the way? Do you think that it makes sense for a successful man to get married if he doesn't want kids? If he doesn't want kids, does it make sense to get married? It doesn't make sense even if he does want kids, actually. That's another story.
So here's the dumbest and worst advice at the same time. The dumbest, worst advice about marriage is that it's a good idea but you've got to make sure you're marrying the right person. How many times have you heard that? Oh, you know, marriage could be bad if you married the wrong person, so here's the solution to tha
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t. And wait for it. So it'd be a big problem if you married the wrong person, so just... wait for the solution. It's not obvious. Marry the right person. That's the advice that people are giving. Do you think nobody thought of that? Oh God, you're right. Oh, I was thinking marrying the wrong person was the way to go. I thought marrying somebody who didn't love me and wouldn't be trustworthy and wo…
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