Lurking at the bottom of all these problems are the uppity women who won't settle for what Ross thinks is their ideal role in society. The fact is, there is no longer room for a large middle class in our economy. Meritocracy, which opened the door to people who had not been allowed in professional jobs, has become a cruel means of culling the herd. Now, one's "merit" is no longer settled by credentials and achievements. One has to continually prove that they are worthy. The cut throat competition falls on recent arrivals (women and minorities) a lot harder, but everyone except the the 1% is adversely affected. And the effect will trickle down to all jobs eventually, except those that manage to unionize as many young people working for Starbucks and Amazon have realized.And now, there's the Dobbs decision, which is designed to impose the Vatican's view of personal autonomy for women: no birth control, no abortion exceptions (there may be nominal exceptions for life and health of the mother, but good luck if nave a miscarriage). Attacks on reproductive freedom used to affect mostly poor and minority women. Dobbs is designed to force all women to breed and give up their economic independence. Millions of young women are now dropping out of the fight with the anti choicers altogether. They are opting for sterilization.In a way, we should be in awe. Between them, exploitative employers and the clergy have managed to ensure that we never see the replacement rate again.

Lurking at the bottom of all these problems are the uppity women who won't settle for what Ross thinks is their ideal role in society. The fact is, there is no longer room for a large middle class in our economy. Meritocracy, which opened the door to people who had not been allowed in professional jobs, has become a cruel means of culling the herd. Now, one's "merit" is no longer settled by credentials and achievements. One has to continually prove that they are worthy. The cut throat competition falls on recent arrivals (women and minorities) a lot harder, but everyone except the the 1% is adversely affected. And the effect will trickle down to all jobs eventually, except those that manage to unionize as many young people working for Starbucks and Amazon have realized.And now, there's the Dobbs decision, which is designed to impose the Vatican's view of personal autonomy for women: no birth control, no abortion exceptions (there may be nominal exceptions for life and health of the mother, but good luck if nave a miscarriage). Attacks on reproductive freedom used to affect mostly poor and minority women. Dobbs is designed to force all women to breed and give up their economic independence. Millions of young women are now dropping out of the fight with the anti choicers altogether. They are opting for sterilization.In a way, we should be in awe. Between them, exploitative employers and the clergy have managed to ensure that we never see the replacement rate again.

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