Doing sociology and philosophy in real time by looking at developments in contemporary Western politics and culture, from a Moral Libertarian perspective. My mission is to stop the authoritarian 'populist' right and the cultural-systemist left from destroying the West.
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Enforce Pre-nups - No Need for Covenant Marriage
I used to believe that there was a need for covenant marriage. After all, marriage is a contract that should have conditions of exit that suit the couple entering it. However, I began to sense that creating a separate category is unrealistic and elitist, not to mention very problematic in many ways. For example, an ultra-conservative government may decide to offer benefits exclusively to covenant marriages, something this equality-supporting person cannot agree with. I would suggest an alternative is to increase the legal standing of pre-nups, where couples entering marriages or civil unions can make their own exit conditions. If couples want restrictive exit conditions, they can specify it in the pre-nup. If couples want easy exit as an option by mutual agreement, they can also specify it in the pre-nup. That way all couples will have equal access to marriage or civil unions, and have conditions that suit them.
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I don't accept that an intellectual critique of wokeness is inevitably associated with the moral panic being whipped up and weaponized b...
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Saying 'the right is worse' isn't a valid excuse to shut down legitimate criticism In recent years, I have written quite a few a...
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I have made it clear that I find the reactionary right culture warrior brand of politics very distasteful. Many other anti-woke writers and ...