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>>gmays+(OP)
Just wait until you see how many of us can't afford houses and will be destitute at 60

>>thumbu+F7
marriage makes it possible for some that couldn't afford houses to be able to do so, by pooling resources together.

>>segmon+v9
So, what you're saying is that people marry for economic reasons rather than romantic? And when the romantic partnership fails, should people stay together in the economic partnership because they can't afford to split up?

That's effectively what we've been doing for the past few decades. And the result is as shown in TFA: a generation of adults who will avoid marriage like the plague, because they've seen how toxic the results can be.

>>tremon+7b
Or alternatively, economic conditions are so much better than before that those who would marry for that no longer need to.

>>renewi+ec
From TFA: "Black 40-year-olds were much more likely to have never married than Hispanic, White and Asian 40-year-olds."

My understanding is that economic conditions for Blacks are not significantly better than those of Whites and Asians, and are probably somewhat worse.

Which suggests your hypothesis is not backed by data.