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https://quillette.com/2019/11/16/thorstein-veblens-theory-of-the-leisure-class-a-status-update/ https://quillette.com/2019/11/16/thorstein-veblens-theory-of...
by thriftwy 5y ago
https://quillette.com/2019/11/16/thorstein-veblens-theory-of-the-leisure-class-a-status-update/ https://quillette.com/2019/11/16/thorstein-veblens-theory-of... was very interesting (from the same article) and it would actually load as of now.
Turns out, all these modern left ideas are not incompetence, and not malice, and not virtue signalling, but fitness signalling: if you can advocate for polyamory and not ruin your life, you are very fit indeed.
But most of your population, they try running into the ground.
- WithinReason 5y agoI like this theory!
- dale_glass 5y agoOr you can take it a step further, and see what it actually is: a honest opinion with no particular agenda. I'm fine with polyamory and would support it in a social context not because it's an expression of my social class or a way to pick up girls, but because that's simply my honest opinion: we spend too much time poking our nose in other people's business and should do it less. If you want a standard marriage, that's fine. If you honestly want to raise a child alone, that's fine too. And if you manage to successfully create some hybrid structure with 3 men and 3 women having sex with each other and get that to work, more power to you, and no need for anyone to have a problem with that.
- mrtranscendence 5y ago> And if you manage to successfully create some hybrid structure The problem I have with that stance is the difficulty of "manag[ing] to successfully create some hybrid structure". Personally I've never seen polyamory succeed over multiple attempts, and each time results in at least one person being hurt. There's something to be said for discouraging activities that are unlikely to work out and can potentially be damaging.