Family unit decline is a symptom not the underlying cause, it's a small part of the matrix of issues, it's often invoked as a means of blaming something inheren

Family unit decline is a symptom not the underlying cause, it's a small part of the matrix of issues, it's often invoked as a means of blaming something inherently unchangeable, undefinable and unregulateable as a diversion. And everyone does talk about it, I hear about it 3 times a week and it's because it's a useful distraction and a wedge to force legislation of personal moral choice. It's like saying all problems individuals are having are caused by the individual. Somehow society, culture, governance and macro economic forces have no effect. If you think the breakdown of the family unit is the root cause, let me assure you, homeschool familes are facing the same issue in our current environment. Of course if we want to embrace absurdist reductionism the REAL problem is the dysfunction of churches abandoning their societal role for political power in the 80s, family's DO break down and now we have no "generally apolitical" relational safety net outside of the workplace, so social dysfunction can promulgate with no positive feedback loop of increased social cohesion to stop it. We need religious, areligious and apolitical societies that will facilitate mingling of social classes and are focused on the social good.