If you really want to lower the divorce rate, the best solution is to introduce a cooling-off period before marriage.
It requires both partners to clearly think through what they’re signing up for—which is unlikely to be a shortcut to an easier life. Rather, it’s about committing to face a long life of shared risks together.
One is the Terminator timeline
One is the Pantheon timeline
Both are excellent works.
In the system, you basically secure a respectable pension, solid benefits, and salary increases that keep pace with society.
Outside the system, if you haven't built up savings by your thirties, your prospects plummet fast—no benefits, no pension, and the rest of your life is a struggle.
Outside the system, you need to make money quickly, accumulating enough to stop working as early as possible.
Inside the system, it's all about endurance—grinding until retirement.
Because I've played everything you've played, but there's much I've played that you haven't — you are a subset of me.
So should I be the one to accommodate you, or do you expect me to wait for you to accommodate me?
The world everyone sees is different. If you insist that everyone must reach the same understanding, that's impossible. The only thing we can definitely do is be向下 compatible — not expect others to向上 compatible with us.