"...as we spiral down to nothing of good human value ever."
A good description of what is taking place, thalweg...
"The only criteria to a good life is to choose a mate free of emotional and mental illness ......."
You're right, but how do you vet them? I ask as one married for 46 years....because I have 2 sons with 3 failed marriages between them, and I approved each woman and welcomed them to the family.....and then the masks came off soon after marriage...they had me fooled. Should have vetted them better, huh? 2 manifest mental illness indeed....the third just a greedy nutcase.....Seems I'm a great judge of female character...not.