@86ee8b2c it’s Terrible strategy if you care only for yourself and securing wealth.
It is the only strategy worth considering if you intend to change the future. I’m one man, but my descendants could number in the thousands in a couple generations.
Even my grandmother (who is still with us) has over 120 living descendants between children, grand children, and great grand children.
This is like planting trees you will never feel the shade of, and it’s fighting for the future.
@7192c2c3
If you want to maximize offspring, it is also not the ideal strategy
@86ee8b2c it is is you ant to raise them to hold your values and worldview.
That’s not the work of a one night stand, it’s the work of a lifetime with a dedicated partner.
If you want to have your children remember their father and how he saw the world and why… marriage and a traditional family is the path.
That doesn’t mean it’s easy or without substantial risks.
Otherwise you may die a wealthy man surrounded by your porn collection and, regrets and resentment, whom no one will mourn.
@7192c2c3
If you want to share your values with the most possible people become an influencer
@86ee8b2c pfft. Yeah that’s totally more influential than the head of a family in the lives of children.
I’m building a dynasty not a brand.
@7192c2c3
It is more influential.
Look at Jeff Younger.
@86ee8b2c never heard of him.
But I have heard of and from the men I’m a descendant of and I’m trying to follow in those footsteps, after all they are the reason I am here and who I am.
@7192c2c3
Jeff Younger wanted to build a family legacy, but his wife wanted to trans his kids instead
Guess who won in the courts.
@86ee8b2c ah, well I’m not trying to tell you that marriage isn’t risky or dangerous. I’m trying to explain that there is value there you can’t get any other way.
The gap between foolishness and courage is often a close run thing.
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