alexandra_kollontai [she/her] to chapotraphouse • 1 year agoIs straight marriage bourgeois?message-squaremessage-square49 fedilinkarrow-up147
arrow-up147message-squareIs straight marriage bourgeois?alexandra_kollontai [she/her] to chapotraphouse • 1 year agomessage-square49 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareRyanGosling [none/use name]hexbear12·edit-21 year agoYes. Why do you think I got married? I need my wife’s family to back me for the blood feud with my neighbors over his McDuchy (which de jure belongs to me) that’s been ongoing for 3 generations link
minus-squarerjs001@lemmygrad.mlhexbear6·1 year agoI would argue that our modern view of marriage is feudalist linkfedilink
minus-squareSaeculum [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear5·1 year agoMarriage predates the feudal system link
minus-squareusernamesaredifficul [he/him]hexbear3·edit-21 year agomarriage is older than feudal which makes it patriarchal it's an institution that dates back to when people were legally owned by their dad although the concept of it being bad to murder your neighbour also dates back about that far so that isn't necessarily a criticism link
so marriage is feudalist
Yes. Why do you think I got married? I need my wife’s family to back me for the blood feud with my neighbors over his McDuchy (which de jure belongs to me) that’s been ongoing for 3 generations
I would argue that our modern view of marriage is feudalist
Marriage predates the feudal system
marriage is temple economics
marriage is older than feudal which makes it patriarchal
it's an institution that dates back to when people were legally owned by their dad
although the concept of it being bad to murder your neighbour also dates back about that far so that isn't necessarily a criticism