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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
How are economic conditions better now than they were a decade or two ago?

>>_2z1p+lf
Well 20 years ago was the dot com crash that wiped out an incredible amount of economic activity in the US.

2013 was still suffering from the after effects of the great recession that caused massive unemployment and a incredible increase in suffering.

How are current economic conditions worse than two of the greatest crashes in US history? YoY inflation is drastically slowing and unemployment is at record lows.

The economy is doing pretty goddamn amazingly right now

>>tekla+Pn
> How are current economic conditions worse than two of the greatest crashes in US history?

I'll present most of FL as an example. During those crashes, one could still subsist on 2 typical incomes. FF to today and basic expenses have skyrocketed; it takes 4 typical incomes to live tight. Worse is that expenses are still climbing fast.

The economy may be spectacular for some folks but it pales against the expenses faced by most folks.