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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
That tweet has none of those implications, as far as I can see, even if you tried to twist it it would be hard to categorize it as racist or bigoted in any way. It's just crazy.
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It's a tweet. I find about a third of tweets baffling.
But if I had to guess, and knowing Peterson believes enduring social norms serve some useful social function or they wouldn't have endured, I think he means:
The abandonment of monogamy incurs a cost to society, and state intervention ("tyranny") may be necessary to deter the problems caused by the lack of responsibility (failed relationships, unwanted pregnancies, etc.).
That's just a guess. The fact he uses the term "tyranny" suggests he's torn about the issue. He sees the collapse of the social norm of monogamy as a very bad thing for society, but also dislikes the idea of the state interfering in the matter.
But this is why parsing comments on social media is kinda pointless. While we don't see politicians say that kind of stuff because it can get them in trouble, a lot of people still treat social media like an earnest but inconsequential debate over a jug of beer in a bar. Was Peterson wise to treat twitter like that? Maybe not. But that tweet was from two years ago, before he became unexpectedly famous at the age of 55.