"Marriage - and any other contract - is a deliberate effort to constrain your future actions so that you can make long-term plans that heavily affect other peop

"Marriage - and any other contract - is a deliberate effort to constrain your future actions so that you can make long-term plans that heavily affect other people - your spouse, but also your future children - without them having to constantly worry about you running off to any Siren you hear." [0] No-fault divorce basically destroyed that institution for the working classes, with divorce rates sky-rocketing in a decade. Children living with both biological parents: Affluent families in 1960: 95% Working class families in 1960: 95% Affluent families in 2005: 85% Working class families in 2005: 30% [1] > Most of my well to do friends are uninterested in marriage and are just churning through girls. This is cruel and sad, but I'm not sure falling marriage rates are even the fundamental factor in the overall decline. The problem goes deeper. [0] https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/theres-a-time-for-everyone https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/theres-a-time-for-ever... [1] https://twitter.com/robkhenderson/status/1178310819332984832 https://twitter.com/robkhenderson/status/1178310819332984832