Romantic Love has has little to do with the survival of a marriage such that offspring are produced with sufficient ability not to be a burden on the rest of the polity. It’s a modern luxury. And at present economic necessity has rapidly dissipated, and will continue to do so.
Source date (UTC): 2019-10-27 20:17:29 UTC
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@OfSalamis Throughout history love evolved from mutual care, because of economic utility – it was only the 1300’s during the plague love entered literature, and only in the 1970’s, marriage became a matter exclusively of attraction and friendship. Romantic love is a luxury good.
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@OfSalamis Throughout history love evolved from mutual care, because of economic utility – it was only the 1300’s during the plague love entered literature, and only in the 1970’s, marriage became a matter exclusively of attraction and friendship. Romantic love is a luxury good.
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