The 1950s probably broke down partially because the father had informally greater political and legal power while formally having equal power which fucked shit up.

That's probably true (especially if we add parallels sentences that say something about "whites" in place of "fathers.")

Given that, why should we return to the world where the father had great influence rather than abandon all the memes and ideas that remain that rely on that power disparity?

[+]sam034514y-80

3[anonymous]14y

Made an argument for the viability of utilitarian pro-patriarchy position earlier, that you might have missed.

2Multiheaded14y

Well, firstly, there are all the fully general Burkean arguments. Not sure if those Burkean arguments can't likewise apply to the more established aspects of the "modern" family, though - it often fails, but it works even more often. E.g. traditionalists complain - loudly - both about single motherhood and two working parents... yet the second innovation doesn't seem to directly wreck anything.

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