Re: A Criticism of Importance
“Might not one argue that one reason, if not the reason, that the State attempts to undermine the family is that it is one patriarchal institution competing with another?”
Geoffrey, I think this is an excellent point. I think that paleolibertarians (for example) drastically overestimate the degree to which father-right and State prerogative come into conflict with one another, but I think this is incisive remark on why they do where they do. It’s worth thinking about this in light of, for example, the rape ritual of the so-called jus primae noctis in feudal Europe.
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