empiric empire
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"degree of kinship" might as well mean "degree of incest" why does the church want ppl to "marry" aka "produce children" with partners as "unrelated" to them as possible? 1. it creates space for the church to move into 2. it dilutes the blood, lowering memory and communication
Hey American friends! Made this meme for y'all. Spread it and make it a trend!
The number one predictor of whether someone will graduate from college is being raised by two married parents. The data on this is crystal clear. And it aligns with my own experience. Growing up, I had five close friends. Of the six of us, none were raised by two married parents. When I look at our life trajectories, the differences are stark. I’m the only one who eventually earned a college degree—but that didn’t happen until much later, after eight years in the military helped me get my life on track. Two of my friends ended up in prison. One was shot and killed. The others are doing their best, working low-wage jobs on the margins of society. They're surviving, but it’s been a struggle. Then I got to Yale—and it was a completely different world. Almost everyone I met came from a stable, two-parent household. What’s ironic is that the people most likely to downplay the importance of married parents are often the ones who quietly follow that exact path. They have college degrees, six-figure incomes, and traditional family lives. There’s a Yale Law professor who wrote a book about meritocracy, and he has a great line: today’s elites are “non-practicing libertines.” In other words, they preach "you do you" and claim all family structures are equal, but in their own lives, they marry, stay married, prioritize education, and invest in their kids’ futures.
