[mitigatedchaos]

I will admit, when I realized that each generation must raise the next, and I mean really realized it, not just in passing, I became more right-wing.

[mitigatedchaos]

@silver-and-ivory why did you

If some subset of society just does whatever they want, as long as it’s not too big, then it doesn’t risk imploding society.  

However, for society to continue and be good to live in,

• Each generation must have and raise children
• These children must be raised to be of at least average virtue

Thus, the family is, in fact, one of the primary core units of society, and of great importance.  How people live, in the aggregate, matters a lot.  The education and raising of children matter a lot.  There is a maximum number ratio of wine-drenched spinsters and perpetual bachelors, beyond which, long-term, any nation will crumble.

How people live determines the wealth of society, the general pleasantness of society, and so on.