I haven’t looked into the history enough to conclusively say this but it seems that marriage is inherently statist. It has all the qualities of control you’d expect from extortionists. Women became the property of her husband and took on his last name. Her father would get some type of payment. What other reason did anyone have for writing a marriage contract before? Taxes? It seems like it was just for record keeping. Whether it’s government, a monarch, or the church. It all seems to serve the same purpose.
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Tax and insurance are some mild benefits. I think some sort of dowry system like in the East is much more constructive than the Wests system currently.
The first thing people do when they get married now is head to the DMV.
The first thing people do now when they get divorced is get a lawyer.
I don't see how the church is involved.
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