Letters to the Editor
Sweden
Published Letters: 3
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If you can’t beat them, join them
[Read the article: I'm a brilliant scientist and I fear for the world's fate]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I hear ya One-Eyed Man. I too have young children. I’m afraid for them. I’m afraid that they will suffer. Things are going down hill, and even though we can’t stop it, we can prepare for the worst.
How prepare for the worst? Well, in order to be ready for the worst you need to be nimble, you need options. You need to be able to get the hell out of wherever you are when the shit storm hits and go somewhere safer - be it Argentina, Australia or Armenia. To get there you’ll need passports (preferably a half a dozen different nationalities) – you’ll need bribe money – you’ll need transportation. Once you get there you’ll need a roof over your head – you’ll need sustenance – you might need weapons – you’ll need some form of money (gold, diamonds, cash). All this needs to be available in several different locations ready for immediate use.
All this preparing will cost bundles of money. So the first thing you do is you need to find a way to make loads of money as fast as possible. Spread the money around, diversify your portfolio, burry gold in your backyard - open bank accounts on several continents. How you make the money isn’t important – just do it, even if it means selling shit to losers.
To be truthful, I haven’t yet done any of the above – I’m a civil servant with an interesting job but humiliating pay. I live in one of the safest most well constructed societies in history – Sweden. Yet Sweden isn’t on another planet. We can’t isolate ourselves from the rest of the world. We sit uncomfortably close to the rising neo-fascist state of Russia, for example.
Many others here tell you that you should try to be part of the solution. That’s wonderful, go ahead, be my guest. But I think it’s too late, now it’s every man for himself. If you can’t beat the elite, join the elite. Prepare for the worst because it’s heading your way - fast.
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Other options
[Read the article: I need a new dream]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]A very touching letter. It seems that your decision not to adopt reflects your wish for a genetic son or daughter. I imagine that the problems you have had conceiving have their source in either you or your husband (the likelihood of it being both of you is small). It follows that one of you can conceive. If it's you, have you thought of using a sperm donor? If it's your husband, have you thought of surrogacy?
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Going it alone
[Read the article: I want a baby so badly it scares me]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm happily married, with two younger children, on the verge of moving from an apartment to a house. And I'm a man. So I can't really relate to the child issue, but definitely to the house issue. I do, however, have two female friends who have decided to go it alone. They are both in their mid to late 30's and are therefore in more of a biological rush than LW. They are both MDs and as such have pretty stable financial situations. One of them is in the middle of adoption procedures. The other is attempting artificial insemination. I think they are brave and whish them the best of luck. But LW could perhaps wait a few years to see how things pan out.