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Originally Posted by New Era
Is it the collapse of marriage, or the collapse of the nuclear family? Also, isn't the destruction of the nuclear family more a result of economics than cultural influences? Women were driven into the workforce because of economic needs, then the lib movement really started with earnest. I appreciate this a chicken or egg type of argument, but economics appeared to be the driver for the disintegration of the nuclear family.
Also, what impact did advancing technology have on the lower class? Many of the jobs they used to fill were eliminated by advancing technology. That caused unemployment in those communities and economic hardship. A lot of those communities couldn't afford to keep up and the communal systems suffered. It is hard to get a good education when you don't have access to good schools, good teachers, etc. I think we have maybe not been good stewards of maintaining access to those means that allow for the pursuit of happiness and Liberty for all citizens?
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Isn't marriage just part of the nuclear family? The life-long contract to raise a family as a mutually-supporting unit?
Except the trends have also increased during periods of full employment - like 1994 to 2004.
Economics and technology probably have something to do with it. That is Charles Murray's argument.