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Yes, I agree with you. People are overall better off because of technological improvement, but making a living is harder (wages didn't grow with prices, modern
by jokethrowaway 6y ago
Yes, I agree with you.
People are overall better off because of technological improvement, but making a living is harder (wages didn't grow with prices, modern life has more costs attached to it).
Also families are much more unstable nowadays, with divorces being common.
Children growing up in stable families do better in several parameters, therefore instability has a ripple effect on society.
- HelloMcFly 6y agoDivorces aren't rare, but they also hit a 50-year low last year. This wasn't a COVID outlier, it's the continuation of a trend. Lots of reasons for this that don't necessarily undercut your argument though (e.g., fewer people getting married in the first place). https://ourworldindata.org/marriages-and-divorces https://ourworldindata.org/marriages-and-divorces
- harambae 6y agoDid you scroll down to "Share of children who were born outside of marriage" on your link? Because it's way up. Is it really better that divorces are down when people aren't even bothering to get married before having kids?
- dragonwriter 6y ago> Is it really better that divorces are down when people aren't even bothering to get married before having kids The value of stability in marriage is not just stability for kids, so yes. That being said, the import of people having kids before getting married when is hard to assess without data on both the single vs. cohabiting parenting split (which the source has some reference to) and on the stability among unmarried cohabiting parental couples.