Yes, the simplest version of marriage is a social contract, but even at that level, there are commitments made, enforced by families, which leads to warring families in the case of breach.
Hardly a model one should hold up as exemplary, worthy of returning to, and therefore irrelevant.
We don't live in a tribal society, and won't unless there's some kind of major calamity, like zombies or nuclear war or if you market fundamentalists somehow take charge and break capitalism completely.
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Date: 20/7/09 17:53 (UTC)Hardly a model one should hold up as exemplary, worthy of returning to, and therefore irrelevant.
We don't live in a tribal society, and won't unless there's some kind of major calamity, like zombies or nuclear war or if you market fundamentalists somehow take charge and break capitalism completely.