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# 2025-11-05 ??:??:??

Conservatives claim to care about
family values, but a purely merit-based system
incentivizes degenerate lifestyles.
To build merit requires _time_ and nothing else.
"What of effort? What of willpower?" Yes, for those
of non-negotiable responsibility, (read: familial
obligation) carving out time for professional
improvement does require effort, a tremendous amount
in fact, where bachelors like myself struggle to
fill a day with activity. It would not be absurd
to say that it is easier for me to pursue
professional development than not. I don't believe
that love can be put off a decade, and I find the
idea bitter cynical.

I don't deserve a better life than my wedded
peers because I'm compulsively socially avoidant.
