I read somewhere and it stuck with me that the natural order is for the family to be a benevolent oligarchy and the state to be democratic. 2nd & 3rd wave feminism and the welfare state have eroded the value of fatherhood and thus turned the family into a democracy and the state into an oligarchy.
Chesterton has a great couple of essays about this; basically, in a well-ordered home, the woman is an empress. She makes every decision with total freedom, from what everyone eats that night to how the children are educated to how her home is arranged and decorated. Man, on the other hand, lives in perpetual serfdom to the world on behalf of his family. 2nd and 3rd wave feminism convinced women that equality in serfdom was better than ruling over the entire lives of husband and children.
I read somewhere and it stuck with me that the natural order is for the family to be a benevolent oligarchy and the state to be democratic. 2nd & 3rd wave feminism and the welfare state have eroded the value of fatherhood and thus turned the family into a democracy and the state into an oligarchy.
That is profound. Well said. Spot on
Chesterton has a great couple of essays about this; basically, in a well-ordered home, the woman is an empress. She makes every decision with total freedom, from what everyone eats that night to how the children are educated to how her home is arranged and decorated. Man, on the other hand, lives in perpetual serfdom to the world on behalf of his family. 2nd and 3rd wave feminism convinced women that equality in serfdom was better than ruling over the entire lives of husband and children.
I’ll check those out. Thanks for that tip.