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More likely the libertine social movements of the sixties leading to a breakdown of social standards and family life.

elzbardico 3y ago
While it may be taboo to say so, I believe this is a strong factor. Most changes in life have tradeoffs, winners and losers. Divorce may be great for the general happiness of the adults involved, but despite all boomer rationalizations in the line "I can raise happy kids if I am not absolutely happy", it generally sucks for kids.
- weakfish 3y ago
  Idk, as a young adult with divorced parents, I can say with utmost certainty I was better off with them separate rather than putting up with each other in the same house I grew up in
- AlexandrB 3y ago
  I grew up in a dysfunctional family, and while the breakup was tough, it was miles better than listening to my parents screaming their heads off at each other (after drinking) every night. Maybe the boomers thought divorce was good not because of their own happiness, but because many of them experienced the "stick together at all costs" culture of their parents and didn't want to put their kids through that.
- lapcat 3y ago
  > While it may be taboo to say so What does that even mean? You just said it, and it's also been said by countless people ever since the aforementioned 60s. It's not taboo, it's trite.
  - throwaway98797 3y ago
    it’s taboo because they are advocating a limitation of rights for one party to benefit another others the us isn’t a collective society but an individualistic one
    - lapcat 3y ago
      > it’s taboo because I think you mean simply "controversial".
  - alienicecream 3y ago
    If it was trite, there wouldn't be as much resistance to it. It's important to use words accurately. Contentious, controversial, unpopular, iconoclastic maybe, not trite.
    - lapcat 3y ago
      > If it was trite, there wouldn't be as much resistance to it. How does that follow? It's a longstanding controversy. The same arguments have been made over and over again. > It's important to use words accurately. Contentious, controversial, unpopular, iconoclastic maybe, not trite. It can be both trite and controversial. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38939106 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38939106

While it may be taboo to say so, I believe this is a strong factor. Most changes in life have tradeoffs, winners and losers. Divorce may be great for the general happiness of the adults involved, but despite all boomer rationalizations in the line "I can raise happy kids if I am not absolutely happy", it generally sucks for kids.

weakfish 3y ago
Idk, as a young adult with divorced parents, I can say with utmost certainty I was better off with them separate rather than putting up with each other in the same house I grew up in
AlexandrB 3y ago
I grew up in a dysfunctional family, and while the breakup was tough, it was miles better than listening to my parents screaming their heads off at each other (after drinking) every night. Maybe the boomers thought divorce was good not because of their own happiness, but because many of them experienced the "stick together at all costs" culture of their parents and didn't want to put their kids through that.
lapcat 3y ago
> While it may be taboo to say so What does that even mean? You just said it, and it's also been said by countless people ever since the aforementioned 60s. It's not taboo, it's trite.
- throwaway98797 3y ago
  it’s taboo because they are advocating a limitation of rights for one party to benefit another others the us isn’t a collective society but an individualistic one
  - lapcat 3y ago
    > it’s taboo because I think you mean simply "controversial".
- alienicecream 3y ago
  If it was trite, there wouldn't be as much resistance to it. It's important to use words accurately. Contentious, controversial, unpopular, iconoclastic maybe, not trite.
  - lapcat 3y ago
    > If it was trite, there wouldn't be as much resistance to it. How does that follow? It's a longstanding controversy. The same arguments have been made over and over again. > It's important to use words accurately. Contentious, controversial, unpopular, iconoclastic maybe, not trite. It can be both trite and controversial. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38939106 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38939106