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Do you think monogamy will always be the main "form" of earth or do we just break someday this code and just "do whatever we want" (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Violett_Queen@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Will this one-by-one system forever be our main thing or do you think we will break monogamy and maybe "team up" as groups or something?

And yeah polygamy is a thing but do you think it will catch on to "the upper class"?

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[–] cwagner@lemmy.cwagner.me 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FWIW, South Africa recently legalized one woman, many husbands after having the reverse be legal for a long time.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man I have so many hopes for that nation. Big challenges, big potential.

[–] cwagner@lemmy.cwagner.me 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I actually had hopes after Zuma was finally gone, but the current president doesn’t look as corruption-free as I hoped either, and I’m not actually sure if they have any chance while the ANC is still in power (Not that I know much about the other parties, I know the EFF is pretty radical and that my brother-in-law is a candidate for them :D).

Then you have the resurgence of racism and all the economic difficulties coming from their energy issues, when we were there earlier this year, they had about 6 hours of electricity outages every day.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I should do some reading about EFF. It really does seem like both SA and Zimbabwe chose the wrong strategy to righting colonial inequalities. Something in between, like just a tax on white-owned businesses while they're disproportionately powerful, could be good.

[–] cwagner@lemmy.cwagner.me 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IMO (partially my read, partially what my wife, an SA native, said) the biggest issue was that the ANC got so corrupt, but the vast majority of the population, especially the badly educated parts, kept voting for them because of their part in ending apartheid. I’m a little mad at Mandela, I know why he did it, and he also deserved retirement, but he really should have led the country at least one more term.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

That's exactly what I've heard too. Eventually they have to fall; ending apartheid was huge but even the most traditional public won't remember forever.