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  • Chapelgentry@lemmy.worldtoNon-monogamy@lemmy.worldKill the Couple in Your Head
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    11 months ago

    IIRC, one of the biggest reasons the state promotes monogamy is because our legal system is designed for two-party disputes and isn’t well equipped to handle deviations from that. Consider what divorce proceedings would look like in this new social system with our current legal system - what is already a protracted process would be exponentially longer.

    If you wanted to escape from these kinda of situations from a state viewpoint, you’d need to rebuild the legal system to handle the new interactions. I’m not making a value judgement but rather speaking to the mechanical aspects of changing a social norm with widespread effect.