Several of the graphics in the article are from the book Coming Apart [1] which actually makes a more complex argument. Specifically, it says the ruling class

Several of the graphics in the article are from the book Coming Apart [1] which actually makes a more complex argument. Specifically, it says the ruling class no longer publicly supports traditional family structures, despite continuing to follow them for themselves. Nobody these days would have anything bad to say about single mothers, or unmarried couples. But when you look at the behaviour of the top 20 percent in socioeconomic status? They're all forming married two-parent households. (The book covers a load of other topics and supports its observations a lot more than my short HN post, naturally) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_Apart_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_Apart_(book)