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Society would be a hell of a lot better off if more people practiced what they preached. I really respect the hardliner commies and theocrats on their respecti
by throwaway0a5e 5y ago
Society would be a hell of a lot better off if more people practiced what they preached.
I really respect the hardliner commies and theocrats on their respective ends of the spectrum for consistently doing this and for consistently acknowledging and not liking when they are forced to do things not consistent with their beliefs.
As a side note with regard to familial stability in general, look how dis-incentivizing familial stability and fostering government dependency worked out for the communities it was done to in the 1960s and who benefited and who is still befitting. That's why it's being pushed, because the people who benefited want to go around again but with different/more demographics.
- bo1024 5y agoIt sounds more like the author wants "elites" to preach what they practice.
- throwaway6734 5y agoThey largely do? Divorce rates are much higher among people with lower educational attainment
- sokoloff 5y agoI think “preach what they practice” would mean publicly speaking (more?) in an effort to nudge behavior more towards how they act (in your example, to speak out in favor of sticking out and improving marriages).
- hotpotamus 5y agoRecently I've noticed that divorce rates amongst the richest are actually quite high too. Gates, Bezos, and Musk are all divorcees and Buffet has had an open marriage situation for something like decades I believe. Just something I found interesting.
- Der_Einzige 5y agoThey call it "new wife money" for a reason when you get rich...