the 'eventually' in your last conclusion is interesting; once it misses a generation how do those values revive I wonder... as to the left hating families; this may be true of some, but there's a lot of guild type socialism that seems to me to be built on the extended family unit; and certainly when you looks at the left anarchists & 'self sufficiency' again the family unit seems to be central.... but certainly there are some forms of collectivism that would downplay the family....
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In response to this post@ChrisMayLA6 Well, I think the values will perhaps not be eradicated, but if you have a group with above average fertility, with values promoting family and children, over time, they tend to dominate. Look at religions.
Do you have any links to left pro-family groups? This is an interesting sub-group of the left that I would like to know more about. I have never heard about it.
Based on personal experience, people on the left who do appreciate families are people on the "pragmatic" left.
@ChrisMayLA6 Or perhaps the "right" side of the left. They are less about socialist ideology, and more about just living their lives the way they want to live, and using the government to do that.
I guess that is why we can be friends and have interesting discussions. They are not ideological, or not enormously so, which means that as long as they get their day care, and their governmetn subsidies, they are happy, and kind of just shrug their shoulders at the rest. They do not protest on the
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