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I'd say any time I hear these conservative laments, my main response it always, "so what?". It's an ideology that doesn't believe in government intervention, an
by silverquiet 2y ago
I'd say any time I hear these conservative laments, my main response it always, "so what?". It's an ideology that doesn't believe in government intervention, and what other lever do they have to influence collective behavior? That is to say, what do they want to do about it? If you only have complaints, but are unwilling to even try and take any action to change what you see as a problem, then you have only created your own victimhood narrative.
- joenot443 2y agoThroughout the vast majority of human history the levers to influence collective behavior have been not been through government intervention, they’ve been through familial, religious, and small community based norms and pressures. One of the common conservative perspectives which follows this is that in the past most groups of people have found success not by direct government intervention, but by unity and collective action within that community. I’m surprised you’d disagree, but I think it’s very possible for human behavior to adapt and evolve without the government being the one pulling all the levers.
- silverquiet 2y agoThen is there a problem here? I'm not sure I understand then - is there some change in the prevalence of two-parent families that is deleterious to the nation as a whole? Or is it merely a current trend in familial, religious, and small community based norms and pressures? Or is this just some sort of modern moral panic?