How modern families increase social inequality

[@thrasher7090]

This video can be summarised in this statement "Rich families pass their advantages to their kids while poor families pass their obstacles to their kids "

[@r3dp1ll]

and that's why we need a fair redistribution and social services

[@thrasher7090]

@@r3dp1ll well it's very hard to convince higher classes to check their privliges , to admit that they had more than their share of opportunities and to ask them to contribute back to the society and lift the other classes out of poverty they really think that they are responsible/entitled for/to all of their achievments/benefits. They also have the same ideas about the poor they are lazy dumb refuse to develop themselves and they want to take their stuff for free

[@Benzknees]

Rich people are rich because they are intelligent, and as intelligence is 80-85% inherited those advantages would be passed on regardless of whatever system you had in place.

[@thrasher7090]

@@Benzknees intelligence is an indicator of job performance but not wealth or income try to convince me that trump is smarter than einstein or that bernard arnault is smarter than grigori perelman ? wealth and income are affected by the type of connections you have (networks) your family your education access to information access to resources access to capital access to opportunities etc the majority of those factors are out of your hands and in the hands of luck/chance

[@Benzknees]

mahmoud mahfouz - I didn’t say there was a direct correlation, but intelligence does enable you to manipulate the world around you to gain economic advantage. And as intelligence is largely genetic, it would be strange if those advantages were not sometimes passed from one generation to the next, including any resources built up by your father or grandfather. Bur equally there are plenty of self-made rich people around, who’ve often come from nothing, but have sharp minds. Meanwhile unintelligent people will typically squander resources, like devaluing the ‘free’ education we get in the West, the myriad of opportunities for betterment, and blowing any windfall that comes their way like a lottery win.

[@Quanic2000]

How come middle class families are being blamed? What about the increasing cost of college? The privatization of education? Decreasing wages? Increased costs of housing? I think there's more the whole puzzle than just blaming middle class families.

[@TheJeremyKentBGross]

The top want the bottom to hate the middle, obviously. It's how you stay in a position to rule and control. Divide and conquer. Keep the middle class from rising to challenge you by feeding them to the bottom. Even alpha wild dogs use that trick.

[@emuriddle9364]

I agree. We're just upset that they have something, and we don't. Poverty isn't "misfortune" or "laziness." It's a chronic condition. Pay doesn't meet expenses, Projection and Abandonment, replaces Support and Mentorship. Before I was homeless, I told the doctors that I didn't feel safe at home (Abusive dad). And they ignored it. Ironically, the people were more Warm and Friendly at the Homeless Shelter.

[@unusuario5173]

All of those points only apply to USA. This video has examples from around the world for a reason.

[@jdlc903]

Shuuut up

[@unusuario5173]

@@jdlc903 don't want to.

[@zsokarati9228]

It was painful to watch that 19 year old girl who's 40 year old husband was boasting about their marriage. She looked dead behind her eyes.

[@Sayfullah570]

She married for money, he married for looks. In the end both will be disappointed

[@zsokarati9228]

@@Sayfullah570 I'd rather say she married for survival. It's depressing that people are still forced to do such a thing in the 21st century.

[@sdsurfgirl60]

She didn't look enthused or even present.

[@koreafashionyoutube]

Many ladies from Vietnam run away from their husband after getting a permanent visa and go dating with Vietnamese guys in korea...

[@jheanelltabana8713]

@@koreafashionyoutube I can't say I'm surprised. But these men must know the women don't love them, right? I mean, women from wealthy countries aren't on these types of sites. It's obvious they are simply trying to escape. Is it really that hard to date a modern Korean woman?

[@emmacat3202]

If you are spending 30k on one child's education, you are not middle class.

[@394pjo]

Wrong. Im a truck driver and my wife is a carer for old people, we spend 70% of everything we make on a private education for our daughter. When you put your kid through private school you are paying for the contacts and opportunities granted to them in later life, you are not paying for the _actual_ education. Whatever my daughter does in life it won't be driving trucks or wiping the backsides of your folks when they get old.

[@LFPMultimedia]

Yup definitely top 10% of earners..

[@OsOmne]

@@394pjo ^Gets it.

[@GratefulServant1111]

@@394pjo You are awesome dad.

[@NaticalaChica]

@@394pjo as the daughter of a truck driver father and babysitter mother, thank you. My parents invested their blood, sweat, and tears to give me and my sister a well-rounded education and to teach me how to find resources that would later help me in my career. While sometimes I resented my dad for missing key parts of my life because he was driving long distance along the east coast, I appreciate him more now that I'm older. You're doing great.

[@sazopro]

I guess we can all agree the Vietnamese lady is just surviving.

[@별별-r6p]

sazopro indeed, most foreign wife struggles to live in South Korea

[@전다희-i2f]

Yeah .. she is actually 'sold' for the money.. which could help herself and her family

[@yak2425]

Michael Liu , ..... not just in South Korea ..... a friend of mine didn’t speak English properly (Spanish mainly) .. she was beaten by her husband for years because her English skills weren’t 100% ... she shouldn’t of married him .. or moved to Canada 🇨🇦....

[@TENGU13]

MSM = Satan's Minion.

[@sazopro]

Jay you’re obviously a boring person...

[@notsoreverendbecca2308]

This misses factors like decreasing wages, increasing costs of living, and increasing power/wealth transfer away from families.

[@tw8464]

Exactly.

[@caracho7191]

Oh and you forgot about taxes!

[@zednumar6917]

Moms work because they have to make up for the falling wages of their husbands.

[@trishapellis]

As well as the cost of daycare and education

[@MA-gu2up]

​@@zednumar6917 Isn't it the opposite? With the inclusion of more and more women into the workforce, it became harder and harder for a household to live on one income. This video shows that household income inequality is increasing with the current state of things( more women employment and education).

[@rodaxel7165]

The Vietnamese woman doesn't look happy

[@walkersmith2791]

When women ever were happy?

[@hugglescake]

Her body language speaks volumes.

[@romanengelbrecht6717]

seriously! i was like is this woman being held against her will or something??? but then it reminded me of this couple i know and they pretty much the same hahahaha

[@erzan]

@@walkersmith2791 When sexist dirt like you are far away.

[@walkersmith2791]

@@erzan simp? Go to your mama :)

[@danielab535]

Maybe the problem isn't women becoming more educated and marrying people similar to them, but rather the fact that quality childcare costs so much and therefore is inaccessible to poorer populations

[@米空軍パイロット]

That's the conclusion the Japanese government came to. They are trying to provide more free childcare, since single-income families are not viable there. Unfortunately, this hasn't affected their decline in birthrates much.

[@lawrnc]

Yeah the video jumps at individuals' choices rather than saying that policies against inequalities can be implemented (eg Scandinavia, France where childcare is free). My point is various policies that help with work family balance do exist

[@angelfi]

Law Childcare is not free in Scandinavia...

[@米空軍パイロット]

@@omi691 Like what?

[@米空軍パイロット]

@@omi691 So here's why the first and second proposals won't work. 1. Japan needs to have high productivity in order to maintain its high population on such a small island. Most of its food and all of its fuel is imported. They can't abandon force-multipliers in the workplace. 2. The government is already deep in debt. They can't provide any incentive that is expensive, unless you have a cheap solution in mind. As for education, Japanese college is a waste of time when compared to American college. It's mostly a place to network. They can definitely shorten it or increase the level of education offered.

[@oliviadesign]

This has little to do with the "modern family" and everything to do with society putting profit above human life.

[@juliamorrison1898]

Preach!

[@kayceequesadilla]

Oh, be quiet. You're just a leftist who can't stand to see people make responsible decisions for themselves and their future families.

[@pajeetsingh]

Lol no. It's about people failing to be responsible. In one day you can either read a book or watch Netflix.

[@dezbiggs6363]

Exactly. Most moms i know what to be home with their children or at least with them longer

[@danielj8858]

@@kayceequesadilla much argument, such reason

[@EspritsFantomes]

The Vietnamese girl face... she doesn’t want to be there 19 and 40 She looks extremely sad

[@마리-c2s]

i agree.. but sadly,, it was her choice to marry him...

[@EspritsFantomes]

마리 true

[@nintendo9231889]

Imagine how much sadder she would be in Vietnam!

[@elenchus]

@@nintendo9231889 Vietnam's fine.

[@MrApple12610]

nintendo9231889 uhm Vietnam is fine though

[@Agtsmirnoff]

The Economist labels people spending $31,000 for a single child to attend an elite preschool as “middle class”. Great journalism there!

[@Algorand12345]

Karl Tanner from Gin Alley I noticed this too. I found it insulting.

[@72tubedmiaz]

It is for most big cities like San Francisco

[@PulpHouseHorror]

that is middle class, upper middle class maybe

[@jjeherrera]

That's relative to the cost of life where you live. An income that might put you in the highest percentiles in some regions or countries would only allow you to be middle class elsewhere. Very unfortunate indeed.

[@Agtsmirnoff]

72tubedmiaz there is no middle class in those cities

[@MrMannyhw]

I love how they pitch working class and middle class against each other. The elite class is the ones at fault. Pure greed.

[@saxybandgeek9645]

Unfortunately, this issue and sentiment bleeds over into reality. I work in manufacturing and there is this divide between the plant workers (who tend to fall into working class) and the office people (who tend to fall into middle class). Definitely some enmity there sometimes.

[@davidbolha]

Revelation 3:9 & John 8:44 tribe. 😉😎

[@neitherlink6612]

What is the issue with greed? If more people in the working class were greedier, they would have crawled out of the hole already.

[@matildamaher2650]

Absolutely right

[@TerrifyingBird]

@@neitherlink6612 ...Did we watch the same video? Because it provides overwhelming evidence of the contrary...

[@amadeaalmarada130]

That single mom of two boys seems so humble and down to earth. What a wonderful woman!

[@marcusinfinity9386]

I'm suspicious of why she's so single

[@violethaye6987]

I’m suspicious of your thought processes

[@yunahnam]

@@marcusinfinity9386 Maybe marriage just wasn't for her. Who knows. whatever. it's her choice.

[@marcusinfinity9386]

@@yunahnam those poor boys, punished by HER selfishness

[@phillipchan6044]

@@marcusinfinity9386 her partner chickened out, how is it her selfishness punishing her boys

[@hipporage18]

Seriously question the message this is attempting to cobble together. How does equity between men and women drive this narrative of inequality? Maybe inequality is rising because of the erosion of social safety nets? Unions are undermined and weakened, automation, stagnant wages, etc. Surely those are more relevant factors

[@AgeofCraccadilliaassent]

hmm also the value of the societies currency

[@Tina06019]

The lack of manual labor jobs has made it impossible for a lot of men to find a job on which they can support a family. Fundamentally, this is an economic change fueling a major social change. If a couple can tolerate some marital disappointment (NOT abuse) along the way and stick together, usually their children will benefit economically.

[@shake6321]

this video is an ode to “coming apart” and “the bell curve” by charles murray. the central thesis is that IQ matters and that “the cognitive elite” are in essence “blasting away” from society. i am not sure what “the death of labor unions” or “social safety net” has to do with anything.

[@richardwilde1348]

Though this video doesn't seem to provide any causal link for what it claims in the title, Thomas Piketty explains why declining population increases inequality. That's the sort of thing I thought the video would be about.

[@shake6321]

Richard Wilde can you sum up pikkitys hypothesis. thanks.

[@enzomthethwa5861]

"We're paying more for our daughter's preschool than I paid for college." Then they just laugh it off. Umm... Hold up. What do you do for work?

[@c.aresty]

​@Jorge Garcia and given they live in SF more likely they bring in $120k EACH

[@nickmiller4262]

@@c.aresty That's low-end for a Silicon Valley Harvard grad mid-career. Maybe if they're working at a non-profit but not a Tech company.

[@huangmingcha]

I am from indonesia.. my brother's all boys boarding school is much much pricey than my university tuition fee (my father is just a civil servant.. we lived simple to afford better education) My nephew and niece's kindergarten and elementary school also much much pricey.. It's normal for private school to have tuition fee much higher than university. But if we go to public school.. it's free.

[@Erin-rg3dw]

My mom worked a summer job and paid for her college tuition with a check - approximately $400 for a semester of college. I'm pretty sure even average daycares cost more than that per week now.

[@julieb7785]

@Jorge Garcia My grandfather's Harvard tuition (Class of 1927) was $750 a year. Or thereabouts. His parents wrote a check.

[@banabachung4490]

I don't think this is a well researched issue. It's more a compilation of this and that manupilated to drive an agenda than a critical analysis.

[@juliandavidac]

True

[@meiko431]

Indeed

[@overcoercion590]

One look at who owns the economist should tell you all you need to know

[@Xob_Driesestig]

Exor?

[@TheJeremyKentBGross]

@@overcoercion590 who is that?

[@ashh1371]

When I was in middle school the other kids would assume I was from a rich family because my parents were married, I lived in a large house (instead of a trailer like most at my school), and my dad came to school events just as much as my mom. I never understood the logic behind this until I was much older. I grew up lower middle class but my upbringing and home life more closely reflect that of upper middle class children than lower. Fast forward and I’ve graduated college and have a decent job. I’ve been very fortunate compared to most of my peers. I can’t believe I’m exception and not the rule though.

[@Moniranan]

Yes, me too. My father worked with lower and upper middle class, he would observe how some families would raise their children and he was able to raise me with love.

[@kelis9416]

So this is not only about money but also education. Interesting!

[@classicalmusic2388]

I can relate to this because I'm one of four kids in a lower-middle-class family, although dad probably is more working class, and we all (the kids) have out of school activities like piano, cello, and drums classes, parents haven't divorced, and are together roughly for 20 yrs. And, yes, because we all have high grades, our parents are very much involved in our upbringing, classmates and peers have assumed we're a rich family.

[@Erin-rg3dw]

By high school, my family was mid-middle class: we had enough and my parents would scrimp so we could sometimes have the "big-ticket" things like going to summer camp. By that time, we had a fairly new house, mom worked part-time so she could be home with us more, and dad had been in his field for 30 years. We moved to an area where majority of the population was at/below the poverty line. Among my classmates, few had parents who were educated and still together, and they were the ones who took advanced classes and ended up going to college. The majority came from lower income households, most didn't have both parents under one roof (if both were around), and not many went to college or took advanced classes. My friends from lower income families thought we were rich, but we really weren't. While living there, I swore I'd get out and never go back. I go visit now, but that's it.

[@alias9025]

You are from a "rich" family.

[@Yeshanu]

Yep. Let's blame inequality on changing families instead of pointing out that 60 years ago, a family with a single blue-collar worker could afford to buy a four bedroom home in a big city, pay for two cars, yearly vacations, and camp for the kids. Not hypothetical, that was my life, and my parents grew up poor. Today, their grandkids struggle to pay the rent on a subsidized townhouse with two jobs and only one child. Something's changed, but it's not just the family structure, and until the social conservatives figure out that the greed of the rich and not the poverty of the poor is the problem, things won't get better.

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

...Why not criticize BOTH inflation AND single, out-of-wedlock parenthood?

[@DS-fv4rx]

Misleading title. Should be “How Modern Families EXPERIENCE Increasing Inequality”

[@MrAutore]

Yeah the title bugs me too. I thought they were going to talk about non-heterosexual marriages causing inequality. But what they really mean is how mate selection increases inequality in society.

[@tachiebillano6244]

My thoughts, too. Title deserves a rewrite. Right now it sounds as if it’s implying the great divide is the modern family’s fault. (Instead of the government failing in its duty to use taxes to implement policies to assist the poor, like the way they’re supposed to.)

[@Fists91]

And it doesn't even consider the possibility that laws, tax/social security systems and trade deals have changed in the last 50 years

[@batkomahnoX100]

its a clickbate

[@Anita_Dick]

Now it makes more sense

[@Claudio_Santos_1974]

It's videos like this that help us realise how out of touch the media is. The seductive narrator's voice, the dramatic music and humanizing interviews are there to lead its viewers to believe that the families have much choice in all of this. What they fail to mention is that the one-percenters, who rule the world and pay the advertisements that keep this media outlet afloat, are rigging the system to their own advantage and imposing on the poor people and middle class a very limited number of choices. Unfortunately, I'm not going to be alive to see these so called jornalists apologize for their contribution to this oppressive system and start speaking truth to power instead of doing their bidding. But I truly hope it happens eventually.

[@vengefulavenger1510]

They are known as presstitutes

[@terejov]

Noboby inthe video saidthat poor families choose so

[@pushista9322]

If you take off the responsibility from poor families, why not take it off rich ones? If the free will doesn't exist it doesn't exist for anyone

[@waynelast1685]

Well said, and agreed.

[@victoriashi7124]

It’s sneaky and subtle propaganda to make people confused and distracted from the truth

[@baejina9683]

As a woman born and raised up in South Korea, i found this video talking about Korean women who decide not to get married just represents one side of the society rather than understanding this phenomenon from all angles. Although i understand it’s hard to cover all aspects, contents like this should not cause any bias.

[@GGCanLove409]

Sounds like single mothers should join forces and get homes together. Raise their children, split the bills and expenses. Think like capitalist, two failing businesses do a merger and become successful again!

[@lildrippa1759]

That’s the most dumb thing I’ve ever heard

[@GGCanLove409]

@@lildrippa1759 "dumbest" is what I assume you meant. Typical coming from a man! So please tell me what's so dumb about women who have already been abandoned by men helping each other out instead of fighting each other over men who are clearly useless in their situation. You are dumb sir!

[@beyond12021]

I Love Your Thinking :-)

[@hepthegreat4005]

I agree. Sounds ideal, and is what I try to do as a single woman.

[@marissaojeda2700]

Yes! All women roommates, rotating chores, raising the children together like siblings. Bunk beds for all the rooms. Get a large van and take them out daily for play time. Would be a great idea

[@androidbey]

The Vietnamese Girl was blinking in Morse Code It says Help me Help me.

[@duc24101986]

haha

[@tasha3757]

Lol

[@oracle2478]

8:03 lol look at her reaction when he said they had no kids *YET*

[@pistolen87]

maybe her alternative in Vietnam was worse?

[@christopheraloo5121]

I thought I was the only one who noticed sth peculiar in her reaction or lack of it thereof

[@Andres9562]

I'm upper middle class, well educated, married to a wonderful wife with two children and we spend a lot of time and money on them to ensure they are being raised in the best way we can possibly provide. I won't change that for anyone. The systems are broken, contributing to the instability of families and the crevasse of inequality all comes back to the gap in quality education. Education is the single greatest key to changing systems, people, and social paradigms and it is what we must all strive for.

[@SquizzMe]

The blonde British woman with the twins is a gem. Seems like a great friend to have.

[@emuriddle9364]

If only we had more of them.

[@erk44]

I could relate to the lady holding the toddler throwing a tantrum that swatted her in the face

[@asdf951]

As one who realized how tough it is for single women to keep careers and lives in Korea' patriarchal system, I deeply admire you GoLee. But it's a shame that some translations are quite inappropriate and not representing her points. She's talking about society and system, not men.

[@Sp1n1985]

She meant men

[@Mica_T]

@@Sp1n1985 Social systems and traditions can also be reinforced by women, especially those from the older generations and especially in nations like S. Korea that have seen rapid growth and changes in wealth, social norms and traditions. What I'm curious to know is what the actual translation is.

[@Sp1n1985]

@@Mica_T OK? But whenever speaking about society, females solipsism kicks in And they're talking about men.

[@Mica_T]

Maybe in the US but I rarely hear this where I live. I only want to verify what the accurate translation is. Nothing more.

[@Sp1n1985]

@@Mica_T possibly the planet you currently reside on your females may have accountability. But regarding Earth girls. Unless specified they default blame men.

[@AnimeFanClub909]

This documentary doesn't work everything together like it thinks it does.

[@yohanessaputra9274]

An incohorent one, too

[@Hakkyou13]

I just realized that was what had me confused. It was a party bag of... observations. Decent ones, but all over the place.

[@yohanessaputra9274]

@@Hakkyou13 too bad, the economist has fallen from their grace

[@xanderjames8682]

Yeah, pretty all over the place

[@tamaramcrae1347]

South Korea seriously have issues overall: suicide rates, conservative views, man and women roles and age roles. This marrying from poor countries so the women can feed their families is sad. That 19 year old sacrificed her life and happiness just to help her family eat. The fact that this is still going on in 2019 is even more alarming.

[@UIAL570]

Tamara McRae conservative views are not a reason for issue. Just as liberalism isn’t

[@matovicmmilan]

Exactly! Letting in some foreign women is not the solution and I would've kicked her back to her family so she wouldn't have to suffer anymore!

[@yusufcagowayne1990]

Typical western women.. she thinks conservative views is the problem lol

[@majl9585]

I agree. In Japan it's similar though there is of course a lot of change in the younger generation. Many Japanese women I have talked to in their 30s are very unhappy with gender roles, but they don't want to speak up either because they think it's rude and selfish to demand things that you should be a given. :/

[@yohaneschristianp]

Salah Usufi This! +10000 Being conservative doesn’t mean you’re not open to ‘new’ things, it is being more selective to which values are better

[@WastedContender]

the title should be: "how low income families struggle under an increasing social inequality".

[@supersharda]

Bildertal Yes! Misleading title and conclusion

[@mme.veronica735]

Exactly! Correlation does not equal causation. There is a decrease in the decades old idea of a family and there is a rise in social inequality

[@AlexS-oj8qf]

Thing is, it's not that social inequality increased, but more poor people are being born everyday. Average poor family will have at least 3 children, and up to 10 in impoverished family. Meanwhile the rich often have only one or two child, some didn't even reproduce, leaving money into the hands of few, especially when both parent are rich. My father, for example, is the scion of his family. His uncle and aunt died childless, leaving their fortunes to my father and his siblings, who's also childless, which means that I'll inherit the fortune of at leas 5 people by the time my father passed away, and then I have inheritance from my mother too (they keep their money separate and both have their own income), which means that in the future, money will be concentrated in the hands of few as the rich often keep within themselves and they didn't reproduce and share their money around.

[@WastedContender]

@@AlexS-oj8qf in capitalism the final state will be: one person owning everything and all the others having nothing. Doesn't depend on reproduction preferences.

[@WastedContender]

@@mme.veronica735 true! its a shame that "the economist" can't figure out.

[@evijamelece1967]

I have a Bachelor's degree, but I come from a poor country, and that means we have thousands of educated poor people.

[@romanengelbrecht6717]

i like that blonde chick with the veggie garden she seems so chilled, you can have a proper conversation with someone like that

[@pizzaroll2645]

Jay why u so angry?

[@ZainKhan-sm8gr]

@Jay you're the type of guy that the woman had to let go off because you didn't have the guts to face up to reality and support a family..

[@nintendo9231889]

She blamed men for societies ills, when society is to blame! See Jordan peterson, who says that "life is hard for everyone", no matter the cause.

[@eedragonr1576]

@@nintendo9231889 well I would pay no social security, benefits, welfare nothing to a man not paying for the child support. Because he's making the life harder for such a single mother with her twins. They are right - one income for three persons is clearly less than two incomes. Indeed single parents are generally in the official registered poverty.

[@d3r4g45]

@@eedragonr1576 what if she decides to leave him for no reason?

[@micahluarez9289]

I was expecting a more in depth conclusion for an 18 minute video

[@davidbolha]

Sadly you're going to have to make your own research. 😞

[@matildamaher2650]

So true

[@cannabudsguru]

Calling welders, shipbuilders and manual labourers in general uneducated was the moment I switched off. It takes a lot of skill, that is hard to master, that needs to be learned over many years to be a craftsman. Don’t call craftsman uneducated.

[@SerCrumb]

The title is misleading, it's not "modern families" that cause the social inequality. It seems to me that is the deindustrialization without a plan, limited access to education and patriarchal views that keep the social inequality in place. It keeps saying that "working class" families and "middle class" ones have differences in raising their children, but the social inequality was already in place allowing for the differences to increase over time and be replicated in the newer generations.

[@squamish4244]

Yes, it's clickbaity and a 'blame everything on modern society' generic title.

[@nwabuking8830]

Life doesn’t make plans. Capitalism does make plans. Industries are created and Industries die, capitalism keeps marching on. Perhaps, we should concentrate on how (or if) skills can be created when Industries are about to die. Perhaps, everything happens randomly.

[@nintendo9231889]

Yes, the inequality is caused by society, not by the patriarchy or by poor men. The poor men left! Live tribally! Leave women!

[@VixxKong2]

"Patriarchal" huh? How?

[@pablocalderon9528]

You're 100% correct! 👏👏👏

[@gregorybrew427]

That family is not middle class.

[@666yaoz]

Probably upper middle class

[@audriellaaudrentia3598]

Their upper rich families limits is bill gates 😂

[@LizThrash]

Didn't you know, you need to two parents that attended Harvard to be middle class in this country....

[@AsthanaMe-mp4wp]

There is tendency of lower middle class families to consider themselves as middle class and some times as upper middle class, it's hard to accept that many of them are not actually middle class. Middle class families have around USD 4000 to USD 10000 per month as their stable income

[@chavvy9074]

They probably are, middle class is a VERY wide range. It's literally anyone in the middle of the two extremes of poverty and multimillionaire status

[@adrianavaca4469]

This feels like this video is pinning women as responsible for this divide for not settling for irresponsible men instead of addressing the systemic inequality that keeps the working class from being able to ascend i.e. access to contraceptives, the increasing cost of education and child care

[@Rothkoface]

Agree with this

[@DasGrosseFressen]

Oh wow... There is a correlation between inequality and academic performance? Who would have thought that?!

[@tarasivashchuk1973]

Inequality is the size of the gap between the rich and the poor so your statement really doesn't make sense. You're talking about likelihood of being poor, not inequality. Does education correlate with future success? Well, it certainly did with the past generation. That correlation is getting weaker and weaker.

[@DasGrosseFressen]

@@tarasivashchuk1973 I don't want likelihoods because then you need priors or at least a model and it's a mess for a youtube discussion (and I am not an economist)... If I fix the reference of the inequality to be 0 for the poorest, then the statement makes sense, what doesn't make sense is to talk about inequality in my statement without a reference point, there you are right. And anyway, how is the "likelihood of being poor" defined?

[@lordblazer]

it comes down to access to the jobs that pay well which require higher education...I mean you have people who finish high school and start a business, learn how to do everything via internet and are quite successful/happy. But these are acceptions, and more than likely those types come from Middle class and upper middle class families. Like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. Everyone is like "they're dropoouts and look at them now" and ignoring that Bill Gates literally had access to a freaking computer lab in the 60s/70s in an upper middle class family. this dude had every advantage. he couldn't have done that if he came from a poor family.. Zuckerberg's family put up a lot of money to get this company going. don't let people tell you myths of self-made men.. those don't exist and never had. very very few have done this in human history. most wealth is inherited wealth. even if it's something as small as your parents getting you a $2000 car, you have that wealth transfer advantage over even other people who are poorer than that.. It's a big deal and it changes how your life goes.

[@Deltasource]

Taras Ivashchuk the correlation is only getting weaker in relation to higher education, a lack of education (high school etc) still correlates with poverty.

[@shake6321]

Deltasource thank you for pointing this out. its easier than ever for anyone to be rich but almost everyone who is poor is uneducated.

[@renatanovato9460]

The title and the beginning of this video are misleading and the conclusion has nothing to do with it. The social and economical gaps are increasing, but the "family" is not the cause of all of it. Wealthy families having a better education is a consequence of our economic system.

[@xythiera7255]

Kaptialismus woud do its jop if there werent lobbyismus and goverment giveing companys free bailout money every time the cry for help.

[@ingridberglund9790]

Thank you! I totally agree! Interesting topic but dangerously misleading message!

[@alexpotts6520]

"The family" is not the cause of all of it, but it's certainly a factor. (Like most problems in society, it has many causes, and all the time spent between people arguing with each other to determine a single target to blame is time spent not solving the problem.) If you have middle-class parents you are more likely to be middle-class yourself. This is because they can give their kids a head-start. And I don't see a way to solve this problem without stopping parents helping their kids. Do you want to go down that path?

[@ataa69120]

The rule is simple: invest in yourself and your education so that you can mate with someone who is similar to you By doing this you will bring up healthy well balanced children who understand the value of unity and high education who will later on spread the same values to their off spring -don’t start a family if you are not mentally or emotionally and financially fit to take care of them -have a goal and purpose in life so that your kids could have a sense of legacy Wealth attract wealth Successful people attract successful people And sadly poor people attract poor people

[@streamsan580]

The thing is there are still will be gap between lower and higher class forever, since rich people don’t give birth that much, unlike lower class who breed like crazy rabbits 🐇

[@smoothbanana]

Perfect example of when common sense is not common. We should all exercise regularly, stretch and avoid alcohol too.

[@calhobbbes]

Exactly! Every generation should aspire a bit higher than the previous one. Thats how current Upper middle class got where they are now. It cannot happen without some sacrifice...Supporting kids is a sacrifice so have as many as you can afford to part with (money/Time/love)

[@72tubedmiaz]

Brilliant story but only half the story has been told You seem to make an association between increase equality to the down fall of nuclear family, but it’s economics that are driving this inequality. The gap has always been here, just made worse by growing economic inequality

[@lahabitaciondelatrapado4621]

I disagree The easiest example is divorce When you marry you share your income. Today divorces are more common (in my country they were forbidden 50 years ago) and that means that each individual makes a different income and lives in a different house

[@FISHCAKEZY]

I agree with you that economics is driving inequality- but this observation actually shows the video's position is correct. When nuclear families break up the kids end up with fewer resources available to them due to depending on one rather than two sources of income. This means after expenses on necessities like housing, food and utilities these single parent families will not be able to afford extra-curricular classes- unlike the girl who was already learning 5 languages in pre-school. Of course, there are exceptions but by definition they defy the norm.

[@MrGrenade121]

It’s more of a social perception than economics. Like the perception that people in our time can raise kids by themselves. The normalization of single family households and different households are wreaking havoc on a system built to support the nuclear household

[@Deltasource]

It also should be mentioned though the economics of today’s world has moved beyond that of nuclear families too. A nuclear family today by no means grants the same degree of economic stability than it did in the 60’s. Very few middle class professions (if any) allow for people to live comfortable and raise a family (with multiple children) on a single income. This is the nuclear family; 1 husband who works, 1 wife who raises the children and 3+ kids - the video said it themselves. Yet, in most western countries this dynamic puts you into poverty for the middle and lower class. We no longer live in an economic world for single income households to be secure. Dual income is the only way, but a dual income necessitates shared responsibilities over child raising (if you can’t afford child care). This is what is catalysing such social change (of equality) not the other way round, money changes society and it is doing just that.

[@thelaw3536]

@@Deltasource People live more comfortablely today than they ever did in the past. I'm poor and i had a tv, internet, and a smart phone.

[@rania3830]

Mother in-law classes should be available everywhere.

[@edithtorres25]

Change is hard even more so to people that is already past half their lifespans.

[@ocmetals4675]

only if daughter in law classes are available and taken by the mother-in-law

[@that_dam_baka]

I think we need DIL/ SIL classes too. If you expect your child to marry, you need to learn to deal with their spouse.

[@leonamay8776]

Oh yes. Please.... 😅

[@chome4]

It takes two to make a marriage - the bride and her *mother*

[@brittrblackwell]

My husband and I come from poor broken homes. It has been a struggle to break away from a life of poverty. It can be done! We are determined to change our family tree. We have 6 kids who we homeschool. I am giving them the stability and education I wish I had gotten. Because we are nowhere near rich (lower middle class) I invest my time in learning how to raise emotionally stable well educated children.

[@Derlet30]

Beautiful story! Thank you for sharing! And I agree with you 🙏

[@Efalonda]

Don't overcompensate. Homeschooling 6 children? You are making them grow up weird and thus alienating them from their peers.

[@TheBooty28]

You already made a mistake by having 6 kids.

[@vkrgfan]

The struggle could be cut in half by choosing to have less children. Sorry don’t mean to insult, I know a lot of people have different values maybe some coming from strong religious beliefs but if you think rationally today modern women have access to reliable contraception and don’t have to struggle raising multitude of children in poor financial situation.

[@MssSima]

@@FloresOrtodoxas is it working-moms-shaming?

[@UrsulaDorada]

Weird sort of twist on this video So poor people have less opportunity to "intensive parent" because they need to earn money, and that is somehow their fault? ffs

[@jeremy7372]

Did they ever pin the blame on poor people?? I'm pretty sure they're just pointing out that there is a growing problem.

[@UrsulaDorada]

@@jeremy7372 Yes, the growing problem is that people are getting poorer by the minute, as the wealth inequality skyrocket. Who do you think does not have the resources to properly parent a child? This whole video is about having time and resources, guess who has more free time and resources? yeah

[@kingDrAgOnZoRdS]

They chose to have the kid

[@osharedayz3762]

There is nothing responsible or adult about having kids if one can't afford proper upbringing! Also, breeding is neither a right nor a holy act; it is selfish & shallow at best!

[@VeryPrivateGallery]

“We are paying for pre-school, what I paid for college.” Back in the old times colleges were for free in many countries. Nowadays college tuitions could easily reach some 60k USD a year... Nowadays education is a luxury product.

[@d3r4g45]

That is very bad.

[@rv292]

IT'S STILL FREE in many countries. Even European ones.

[@VeryPrivateGallery]

Rose Vieira I studied in two European countries. You just pay for matriculation and books, activities, semester card for transportation, and accommodation. It costs about 50% of a parent’s earning in Europe. So it’s cheaper to study in Europe, but still hard for parents to support their kids because they earn relatively less than their US counterparts.

[@Cortesevasive]

@@VeryPrivateGallery Nope its free, just pick a cheaper flat or live in a dormitory, education is literally coins .

[@VeryPrivateGallery]

C- I wish it could be cheaper. I spent 8 years in 5 different universities, graduated, but at a high cost. None of the schools I went offered dormitories. And not being able to work fulltime meanwhile, is also a huge opportunity cost.

[@possible1111]

I’m 26 and following the more traditional “1960s” model (by choice) and it seems to be working out fine for us. Living frugally and spending more time with my kids is well worth it to me, and I feel lucky to have found a man who shares that same outlook.

[@Brian_Friesen]

I've been married 24 years, raising 13 kids on a single income, and I feel very blessed. There are times when I do not have the markers of wealth that I see among my peers, but I wouldn't trade my life for theirs. The nuclear family is the best model no matter how much the culture hates on it. It is God's design.

[@Erin-rg3dw]

I think the key there is an agreeing partner. I've heard of many couples who struggle on some level with either both parents working or one parent staying home. Sometimes one stays home and misses their career or doesn't feel valued. Sometimes they both go back to work, but wish they could stay home with their child. To have a situation where both partners are in agreement and the financial situation works out is definitely a blessing.

[@Efalonda]

I hope he saves up for your retirement privately so you will not have a rough awakening when he runs off with a 19 year old.

[@amandabhandhel1388]

I don't have kids because it just never worked out for me, but if I did, I would have stayed home. If my husband runs off, such is life. If I have kids, I feel like my job as a mother and to society is to raise them right, and to me that means giving them parental attention. I think what you're doing is cool. I have a great job and a ton of freedom, and I would give it up and raise my own kids. I get where other ladies come from, too, but I like your way.

[@dcg590]

Not only traditional, the right way according to the Lord.

[@IDH2008]

The title of this video is very misleading, it’s mostly about class than it is about how modern families are raising their children. Not sure why they decided to go with that

[@nlmlkadhsu1868]

Clickbait

[@overcoercion590]

Communists always talk class, or failing that the oppression Olympics narrative

[@yohaneschristianp]

Over Coercion I don’t know, where did you get that kind of impressions?

[@ammanite]

It's The Economist, what do you expect? Lol

[@a2.squirrellette]

this feels like a teenager wrote it for a high school project.

[@RoniForeva]

Yeh im in 11:29 in and am not getting the point of this video

[@ShannonsBibleStudy]

@@RoniForeva It's all over the place.

[@chiii2793]

or some boomer-

[@matildamaher2650]

You could be right

[@tw8464]

Exactly.

[@KingRyanoles]

The dual income parent family is a bit of a trap IMO. My wife makes just enough to be considered middle class in America, and I’m a stay at home dad. It means we have to budget smart and sacrifice some things, but we are deeply invested in our son and his development. I was raised in a working class broken home and vowed not to repeat that. The cycle can be broken.

[@trishapellis]

Considering the cost of daycare these days, having one of the parents stay at home may actually be the wisest thing to do... Because if you're going to be working fulltime just to spend the entirety of that salary on daycare to compensate for the fact that you're not home, you may as well actually be there for your kid and bond with them. I am mostly glad to hear that you are willing to take that position instead of forcing your wife to do it. The stay-at-home parent could be either one, but it has to be their own choice. Congratulations on breaking the cycle. I don't want to say I'm proud of you as a random stranger, but it does warrant pride.

[@whitelutik]

​@trishapellis I'd need to make 5 bucks above minimum wage to be able to afford government subsidized daycare cost ($0 of income left after) where I live, or as its being sold by politicians as " " "the $15 a day daycare" " " 😂😂😂

[@mnati25]

The middle-class phenomenon is also here in Kenya preschool is more expensive than college. Crazy!

[@woolfulrebellion]

In Chile as well. The price of school is ridiculous

[@mnati25]

@@woolfulrebellion it seems like it's everywhere. I worry many people may be in perpetual debt in the pursuit of a better life.

[@vighdavid9495]

Same in central Europe. Preschool cost the same as college: its free.

[@woolfulrebellion]

@@mnati25 absolutely, and I'm pretty sure that's the plan.

[@eddykagia4212]

I keep saying the Kenyan Middle Class aids in the income inequality we see in Kenya. Very evident in Nairobi.

[@aped]

The Vietnamese girl is not happy.

[@felixxdenolo6793]

aped 21 year different wot do they talk about I mean to me a 5 year difference in early twenties is like worlds apart

[@kageyamareijikun]

aped she just wants Korean money

[@LA-cm9uo]

The reason south Koreans aren't having children has nothing to do with mismatched gender expectations. If a couple love eachother, they go through lengths to support one another, no matter what that means. So many south Korean couples are in heartbreak because of overtime culture and high living expenses.

[@oizys6381]

Love how Jamie's twins keep interrupting her. They must be really close to her.

[@87channels]

$31,000 a year for daycare?? And I thought my friend paying $5,200 a year was a lot... what do those parents even do for a living?

[@majl9585]

Thank you, I was really confused about this!

[@tuandarius4000]

I believe those couple were in their late 30s and already built solid financial that came from investment they made on early careers..It means they got enough saving for their kids education..they might have high paying jobs and still investing..not all wealth came from their salary alone.Poor financial management also can lead to bankruptcy or poverty even for the upper middle class.

[@elgooges]

Tech "start-up"?

[@ThisOneWillHelp]

Not that hard to do... my kids daycare was $8.5 an hour. He went 9 hours a day, 5 days a week (I worked 8 hrs plus travel time). At 50 weeks a year this is just over $19k a year and his schooling was considered quite cheap as we live in an affordable area.

[@anastasia10017]

I dont know why you are surprised. it has been like this for over 20 years.

[@sidewinder3781]

Agree with many of the commenters; inequality is an incredibly complex, dynamic measure with varied, equally dynamic catalysts. It’s very well documented that early childhood development is crucial, but that’s not something we can guarantee to every kid. Personally, I prefer content on solutions revolving around ensuring opportunity to the most people possible.

[@echelonrank3927]

this will work, but to get there you will have to machete a wide enough tunnel in the human meat wall of personal greed. excuse the graphic metaphors, im picturing huge bank security guards with no brain.

[@vooteimer1234]

If the Economist would admit its extreme bias, itd be less laughable. As a student of Economics, this rag disgusts me

[@patriciabrown2962]

Truth! Maybe if they looked at fiscal and social supports for fatherless families that started in the sixties and seventies we could find a root cause or two. Legal changes meant to support mothers whose HUSBANDS deserted or divorced them became the 40-75 percent illegitimacy rates for single women. It is the fast track to lifelong poverty for the women and her kids. Poor kids have less stimulation and attention, do poorly in school due to this and self selection of less "clever" parents creating them by poor planning and lack of ambition.....rinse and repeat. The liberal left hand. - wrings over the inevitable outcome and ignores a HUGE generational cause of poverty!

[@jessicacharlesson5198]

What is their bias, like I don’t understand what they want from the video, can you explain.

[@chiii2793]

The thing is I feel that they are biased but I don't really get their point- like at all

[@KarlaDayelin]

I just had a highschool economic class and from what I learned in those 4 months I could point out the many, many, things wrong with this video.

[@KarlaDayelin]

chiii Yeah, Is like they are trying to say that the modern families are a problem but are nit even bravery enough to say their point. I mean, they shouldn’t because their point is mislead, but from a composition point lf view is not even well done.

[@yasnyne]

The Vietnamese wife doesn’t look happy or interested in the husband.

[@rv292]

Her parents got the money, so she has no option but to go through with the sham.

[@thefuture5386]

He's Korean, what do you expect?

[@lewis7242]

So this video just ignored the fact that the root cause of this inequality isn't modern families, its the rising cost of living. Most media outlets will do anything but point to the actual cause of socio-economic strain which is corporate greed/record breaking profits.

[@JP-uq4ii]

A lot of disturbing things in one video.

[@trollingisasport]

Check your inbox for one more disturbing thing...

[@zedtrek]

Or your mirror :-)

[@davidbolha]

End Times

[@mooodswings]

The correct title is "How the destruction of public education and social services increase social inequality". Replace it and then throw your video in the garbage.

[@heathercook691]

As someone who loves language learning, it’s really sad to see that it’s the families with money that can afford to send their kids to multilingual preschools. It’s hard to believe how expensive these preschools get.

[@enochbrown8178]

"50 years ago, families didn't look like this." Try twenty years ago, families didn't look like this.

[@jessicacharlesson5198]

Lol true but sad

[@davidbolha]

"We cortupt in order to rule." (Guiseppe Mazzini)

[@saffrons12]

I just kept waiting and waiting for a conclusion to be drawn but it never really materialized.

[@alexpotts6520]

I think it's quite revealing of how partisan the political content on KZbin is, that people are actively expecting to be told what to think, and are disappointed when they have to make up their own minds.

[@KristinaTheCoolGirl]

@@alexpotts6520 I don't think that is why people expect a conclusion. When you talk to people, you don't just lay out a series of facts. You tell them why you chose those facts so that they can tell you if your conclusion makes sense to them or not.

[@fatdadracing]

You want to give yourself and future kids and advantage in life? Step one: Stay in school and go as far as you can or learn a trade which requires schooling (think electrician). Step two: Don't have kids outside of wedlock. It seems pretty clearly documented that 2 parent homes make better lives and better kids by any reasonable metric. (earning power, incarceration rates, etc..) Step three: Stay out debt. That's it folks. The three secrets to success.

[@minervaowl8298]

Whelp most college students in the US are already in debt

[@AwkBlackGirl]

I get your points but life obstacles and/or the socioeconomic background you grew up on can keep you from that path. We also need a solution for individuals that ended up in bad situations, we can’t just leave them out to suffer. I sometimes wish the USA was a little more collective as a society

[@jaxongoble9987]

True, as much as I believe in the beauty and power of individualism, it’s just wrong to believe that someone can live in a society, benefit from it, and expect to give nothing back.

[@fatdadracing]

Jaxon Goble : Give nothing back? A self sufficient citizen is a net positive for all of society. They have jobs, pay taxes, buy homes, pay taxes. A productive citizen is also a consumer who supports the market economy and pays taxes. A productive citizen does burden society as a welfare recipient or become incarcerated. In other words, living a normal life is truly a blessing to the individual and society.

[@fatdadracing]

Oops. Meant to say : a productive citizen does not burden

[@kanegallagher9533]

This video can be summed up in the statement- none of this is normal. No matter how hard the economist tries. A sign of the decline of so called civilized societies.

[@davidbolha]

From order into chaos (& inversed). 😉 The common modus operandi of Revelation 3:9 & John 8:44 tribe.

[@pfmcoop]

@@davidbolha I’m sorry did you. Miss the part about domestic violence having declined sharply ? Is that order to you?

[@randomuploadsism]

The video of that man beating his wife as he child watched screaming was horrifying :(

[@eedragonr1576]

That woman better take her children and run away to a safe place. Some day their children will step forward to defend their mother against their father and it will be worse.

[@polypus74]

@ shhh, you're fudging the narrative

[@polypus74]

@ didn't you get the memo, narratives are just power plays ;)

[@pushista9322]

Half of mothers beat their kids to some degree.

[@pushista9322]

@ you can google child abuse

[@noemizuniga-perez7601]

I grew up in a poor divorced family on welfare. Mom spoke no English and dad spoke very little, but enough to get by and on SSDI. My way out was the military and I took full advantage. I started my degree in the military and when I got out I finished it with the help of the GI Bill. My parents didn’t teach me this I found out on my own and decided I didn’t want to live the way I grew up I wanted more. Now I have my bachelors degree and married and our household combined income is over $80,000 a year and I’m teaching my kids what I learned and strive for a degree and career, not just a jobs and settle. It is possible to get out of poverty but you need to find was to get out of it by having goals to do better, not settle in poverty. There are so many programs and assistance out there that make it possible you just have to go find it and want a better life.

[@tarasivashchuk1973]

Is it just me or that woman 's face at 7:45 just screaming of "I'm not sure I made the right decision?"

[@indrinita]

When you marry for money, you work for every cent.

[@meiko431]

@@indrinita meh....depends from individual to individual

[@ThebigGLRams]

Shes probably abused

[@nzungu7773]

@@ThebigGLRams or maybe she doesn't speak Korean

[@약손-s7p]

40years old Korean men wanted to marry 19years old…..

[@dandre3K]

Fat meat is greasy.

[@NookTommy]

Natasel because older women are full of red flags

[@shippoustuff]

@@NookTommy 🤢🤢🤮🤮

[@HelgaCavoli]

As would 40y old Korean women also prefer 19y old men?

[@serrael-182]

@@HelgaCavoli no she would prefer a 60 year old with 60 million and not a forty year old with normal income.

[@1983maya]

The key take away from the whole thing is that irrespective of which class they come from, when fathers pay attention give love and are more involved in the lives of children, children succeed. Then these successful children marry other successful people coming from involved fathers and then have families of their own with involved fathers and grand parents.

[@natalia15377]

Is it me or this documentary has an agenda!!??? The way they word things....

[@AgentBurgers]

I feel the same way

[@dw1572]

I think there try to tare apart the nuclear family

[@chiii2793]

It kinda feels like propaganda

[@koobea4859]

It’s not just you.

[@susanoakeshauf]

Uh, yeah.

[@PebbleBeachLife]

The South Korean woman fighting against traditional roles of woman doing housework and looking after children makes me extremely proud! You go girls! Live your lives to the fullest.

[@_Diggler]

And in just 20 years, South Korea became a place where finding an apartment got really easy.

[@capsulamental]

I believe immigration will sure help to balance their population

[@casstsj]

P. C but still many Koreans resist immigrants. They think that they steal jobs from Koreans because fresh graduates in Korea still have a hard time finding jobs.

[@sankaranarayanan831]

How? Can you explain

[@rebeccabarlow4383]

'Ahh get in! Fetching me cucumbers cause they're awesome!' made me smile so much! It's the quality of parenting not the amount or gender or income of parents that makes a happy child in my opinion

[@NightinGal89]

Fr her kids seem to be healthy

[@12bluering]

why made u smile?

[@OmzLaw]

If one of my students submitted this as their research presentation they'd receive an F instantly. Correlating topics together and saying they actually cause one another is poor journalism to say the least, not to mention dishonest reporting and forcing your own narrative. You have a responsibility towards your watchers. Don't take it so lightly.

[@ycz1931]

9:10 I think it's more like because women got pregnant then they drop out, rather than the other way around

[@patriciabrown2962]

As my grandsons would say, "DUH"!

[@NPC-kv7tn]

That last couple was not a middle class couple you gits.

[@tyler6003]

31K for preschool?! yea no way

[@VeenSauce]

Most people mistake median or average income for middle class. Making over 120k a year combined is still barely middle class but it affords a 31k preschool. If my wife and I were still married, this would be our case.

[@gregorybrew427]

Kenny J that’s just wrong. There’s no way you can spend 31k on pre-school if you live in a wealthy area and save for retirement.

[@VeenSauce]

@@gregorybrew427 we got lucky and live in a rent stabilized unit. She still lives there and we are currently putting away about 15k a year to start our own businesses individually (we're still friends).

[@gregorybrew427]

Kenny J that makes some sense what Metro area though? To live in New York people would have to pay 60k in rent a year to live in a decent sized home for a family.

[@pipebomber04]

Earning more causes inequality Raising and providing for a child well causes inequality Doing favors for others causes inequality Doing favors for yourself causes inequality Seriously people, the only way to solve inequality is if we all become robots moving together synchronized.

[@hananokuni2580]

The inequality will always be there.

[@KenoticMuse]

A very disappointment piece from The Economist. I was waiting to see how the claim that "modern families increase social inequality" is substantiated, and it wasn't until the last 2-3 minutes that they actually touch on it. Unfortunately, the answer doesn't seem to come from the kind of thoughtfulness that The Economist is known for. Income inequality breeds more income inequality because of accumulated capital that gets passed on from generation to generation. In this case, the accumulated capital that gets passed on is educational opportunity. What evidence is there that this has anything to do with "modern families"? It probably wouldn't matter if the the families are structured as mom-dad, mom-mom, or mom-only; as long as the household income is high enough to allow families to invest in education that are other families cannot afford, then social inequality will grow. Let's give a clearer example. Suppose you have the same exact family structure where it's a single mother, but one mom is an executive who can afford to hire nannies and raise kids on her own, and the other mom struggle to work multiple jobs to raise her kids. It's the SAME family structure, but the first mom who's already earning more will accumulate capital and pass it on to her kids in the form of exclusive education. Maybe the question should be: do exclusive education systems increase social inequality. Please be more responsible in your pieces, The Economist. This is spreading intellectual laziness.

[@lordblazer]

they've touched on it the entire time.

[@Xamufam]

pension systems are going to collapse in the future

[@walkersmith2791]

There should be NO pensions

[@dchappy6985]

@@walkersmith2791 what do you have against penises? Oh uh, never mind.

[@jamesmurphy2828]

@@walkersmith2791 Why would you say that

[@kingjaehaerystargaryen]

That's why every developing or rich country should do pensions reforms.

[@lordblazer]

@@walkersmith2791 why not? you just want euthanasia uh?

[@LegendoftheGalacticHero]

In certain countries , economy was what forced the “traditional” family model to disappear and not the other way around

[@gregocanepa]

7:58 broo look at her face she couldn't be any more unhappy if she tried

[@robynmcsharry9611]

21 year age gap-too much. No wonder she looks uncomfortable.

[@gregocanepa]

@@robynmcsharry9611 no wonder the divorce rate is so high

[@azam148]

One might think she married him only for the money and citizenship

[@indrinita]

@@azam148 she probably has no opportunities where she comes from and needed to make a sacrifice like this to help her family back home. I'm sure women aren't worth much in Vietnam anyway, and are considered a burden like they are in all countries where women either don't have opportunities to work and study or otherwise have "traditional values". When it's all about just surviving, women are dehumanized first.

[@azam148]

indrinita she could have stayed back and earned by working, its her fault and she is destroying that man’s life too. She is very selfish person.

[@ryanmurphy8881]

I don't really understand what this has to do with modern families causing social inequality , you basically just talked about economic inequality while talking about families that had really nothing to do with it, they're examples of economic inequality but their family structures aren't generating more social inequality. I kept looking up the timer on the video wondering when you guys were gonna draw the connection, and end in the last 30 seconds is the 1st time you mention social inequality and act like it had anything to do with anything you previously said, this video Was really well made with interesting things about those families but it entirely missed the goal and point you are trying to make.

[@maryrose4712]

She conflated two separate issues.

[@lunam33]

Because they are so far ahead of the rest of the population and so will their kids be to unprecedented levels the gap has widened. How many local kids in your area know 5 languages, and their parents pay 30k for preschool. Its the same *old* story magnified by 100. The gap was less wide in the past. Imagine an ordinary kid competing with an upper-class kid, it has zero chance at this rate, that kid will be intellectually superior, and there won't be the same level of middle class/working-class environment of the past that was more balanced in comparison, it will be more like you're this super uber upper-class kid or this super-duper poor kid. with a little bit in between, and some outliers because there is always outliers. There is another way but it requires you to undergo a fundamental transformation of your consciousness and realize the truth about reality. Having a more fair society is *not* just about systems its more about the evolution of our consciousness and thats the real anti-dote to a future oligarchy or potential dystopia. People have been trying to change the systems for a long long time, and we keep going in circles. Its really nothing new when you study ancient history civilizations have collapsed before several times we are repeating an old story, we think its so new because of the technological advancements but fundamentally its similar. Potentially 90% of the information we receive on a daily basis is either distorted or propaganda, we have learn how to tap into a different stream of data to produce different results.

[@renatanovato9460]

@@lunam33 the title and the reasoning of the video are still a fallacy. Modern families are not the ones increasing the gap. Economics is.

[@kszaczyszcz]

Apparently it is easier to import women and teach them korean language and culture than teach a korean man to do some housework. Wow!

[@PeterStinklage]

(individual families don't control wages or school funding)

[@julianam.v.3210]

During the entire video I kept thinking "ok, the problem isn't modern families, the problem is capitalism". Kinda obvious.

[@mahanemahn8098]

and communism is better right, mass starvation, everything just grey, and probably these modern families wouldnt even be existing, because you wouldn't have time to think, cuz you'd be working in a freaking mine.

[@FreyaEinde]

mahane mahn Theres a middle ground between capitalism and communism and we should strive to get there instead of assuming being critical of one is an instant slide into the other.

[@itslene]

@@FreyaEinde we live in that middle ground right now

[@julianam.v.3210]

@@FreyaEinde nah, we are already in the middle ground. The extreme of capitalism is fascism and anything in the capitalist range is based on exploration and poverty. We have to destroy capitalism completely and then build a system made for the people, not for the rich. Reforming capitalism is just finding new, "kinder", ways for us to be robbed and killed.

[@UltimateAlgorithm]

@@julianam.v.3210 you have any alternatives that work?

[@dreamfield92]

Picturing a middle class family as the only example of “rich” in comparison to the very abstractly explained “poor”, interesting choice right there

[@jacobgibbs8133]

These ppl, including the journalists, never leave their bubbles.

[@davidbolha]

Rockefeller did wrote in his book the media has been in their pocket for a long time. 😉😎

[@johnwang9914]

The body language between the essentially "mail order" Vietnamese bride and the South Korean man was painful to watch, it was like watching the first lady and president orange but without the daughter thing.

[@jefflewis4]

Yeah his constant patting on her was very parental.

[@abdullahyo]

I guess the most important statement here is that " the family is the basic building blocks of society" any thing that destroys the family, drugs, alcohol, prostitution, etc, will eventually destroy the society.

[@userdejjek6243]

Korean Go-lee is great and I am proud!

[@dumyjobby]

She will be a depressed cat lady. Time passes and some whithout children are miserable.

[@danisky14]

@@dumyjobby better she make do living alone, rather than risk bringing more unhappy souls in the world for the slight hope of "domestic bliss". She would likely also break her back earning her children's expensive school fees, only to have to continue supporting them after graduation since their degrees no longer guarantee employment. In our modern society, we need to acknowledge that merely raising a family increasingly does not automatically mean happiness.

[@userdejjek6243]

@@dumyjobby Nope I don't think so. She choosed to live alone with her profession and dream by herself. In addition, she's already aware of the real truth of marriage, making women inferior.

[@bradwalton8373]

"As men and women have grown more equal during the last 50 years, families have grown less so."

[@Sp1n1985]

@chanel kim it does history books said so

[@davidbolha]

Like John B. Calhoun's research on mice. 😉

[@alexpotts6520]

I mean, women entering the workplace means you will have some women being boardroom executives and some women being cleaners. I think this is an improvement on all women being housewives.

[@bradwalton8373]

@chanel kim The causation has been amply shown by sociologists.

[@kelis9416]

What they forget to say is that intensive parenting and very early extra classes turns a kid into a depressive and anxious adult later (source: my experience). Balance must be found to let kids be kids

[@thivyaprasad1414]

That woman saying its hard for man is such a genius .

[@AlexS-oj8qf]

So, what I can conclude is that if you're poor, don't reproduce, or only have one child instead of loads of children. Wealth is an accumulation, rich people stay rich because they accumulate wealth over generations and the wealth of two person tend to be inherited by one person.

[@itsbeyondme5560]

It will not work. Free education should be any countries policies. Having children is not the problem

[@amelieann3478]

Why did they blurred the men's faces and not the women's too? Is it human trafficking.

[@taljotube]

Korea society could be developed in many years because there were several womyn's sacrifice. Now, we reject it and going to break the patriarchy.

[@moisesbeyond]

Only patriarchy build nations.....the History have proof that many times.

[@taljotube]

Oh yah? 데릴사위제라고 아나ㅋ

[@jackson7962]

Korea will just suffer like the rest of the west. Learning the hard way

[@taljotube]

Jackson Suffer from what? Now women are suffering. Only you don’t know. 뭐라카노 도태남이ㅋㅋ

[@TheJeremyKentBGross]

@@taljotube Men always suffered too. They die in wars, go into mines, donthe hard manual labor, etc. Buddha said ALL life is suffering. It's not on gender lines.

[@khaias7822]

If we started educating men better and they started being more respectful and less abusive, I guarantee most women would have no problem with marriage and having children

[@TheRealHarsjan]

So every man on the planet is abusive and uneducated?

[@Cutiejuliya]

Yeah i agree

[@jordansalazar2137]

TheRealHarsjan that is definitely not what this comment was saying.

[@jordansalazar2137]

V L I don’t think that’s what was said.

[@Hanaconda_Aquaponics]

This doesn't mention another aspect of families that is changing: the role of grandparents and other family members in child care. In the countries with an aging population and a problem with providing state pensions, governments are pushing the retirement age later and later. This means that when someone's kids get old enough to have children of their own, their parents are still at work and unable to provide childcare that would have been available in the past. Also, a scarcity in jobs forces couples to move far away from their families who may have been able to provide some childcare previously.

[@milkbeforecereal9257]

is the woman at 7:58 ok? she seems very unhappy

[@mickymouse2445]

Indeed

[@Broteinpapi]

@@mickymouse2445 The price is quite high for some women trying to escape poverty in some countries.

[@mickymouse2445]

@@BroteinpapiI know.

[@Stoneface_]

Walker Smith 😂 😂 cmon man

[@indrinita]

@@walkersmith2791 more like he's too old for her. No wonder she's unhappy.

[@XandriaRavenheart]

Five languages? Can you just let her breath? She'll be fine...

[@Moniranan]

She will learn to say "depression" in 5 different languages

[@anushribhende1086]

If she was learning them naturally (like by being around and interacting with people who speaks different languages as well as having that exposure on TV) it's not really that difficult to learn them. But it seems like they are making her take classes at such a young age.... That might be problematic in the future if she can't keep up with the pace that been set up