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Re:Two-parent households should be a policy goal by version_five on Monday September 18, 2023 @11:13AM (#37557283)
Western society peaked in the 80s so maybe we should listen to some of the arguments from back then.
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Re:Two-parent households should be a policy goal by digging on Monday September 18, 2023 @11:21AM (#37557437)
In the way that the peak of a cocaine binge feels really good in the moment, sure.
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Re:Two-parent households should be a policy goal by notpachet on Monday September 18, 2023 @11:20AM (#37557398)
Things may look like they were working better in hindsight, but we just hadn't started choking to death on all of the unchecked externalities yet.
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Re:Two-parent households should be a policy goal by version_five on Monday September 18, 2023 @11:25AM (#37557491)
I'd say we're currently choking to death on the self actualization that came from living in a safe society where all our needs are met. That remains more pressing than any externalities, which tend to get addressed as they become dangerous.
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Re:Two-parent households should be a policy goal by itsanaccount on Monday September 18, 2023 @11:26AM (#37557512)
Maybe thats the real evolutionary path going on, as we humans grow to have a more temporally aware mindset. That ability to see how past actions effected the future hopefully allows for more predictive capabilities.
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Re:Two-parent households should be a policy goal by ajmurmann on Monday September 18, 2023 @11:16AM (#37557327)
"Western society peaked in the 80s"

By what metric?

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Re:Two-parent households should be a policy goal by mbg721 on Monday September 18, 2023 @12:45PM (#37558592)
By the metric of best new-wave hair, for sure.
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Re:Two-parent households should be a policy goal by doingwellthanks on Monday September 18, 2023 @11:15AM (#37557312)
Peaked for whom exactly?
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Re:Two-parent households should be a policy goal by mbfg on Monday September 18, 2023 @11:15AM (#37557318)
based on what metric?
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