Writing for Hot Air, David Strom takes up a topic particularly appropriate on St. Valentine’s Day, how the elites say marriage is optional and not for everybody, but don’t behave that way themselves.
Unlike many things the Elite do to harm people, I don't think this is intentionally done to harm others. I think they genuinely believe that imposing bourgeois values on others is wrong. It is pushing "White culture" on others, even other White people. They feel guilty for their success and hence deprecate the behaviors that got them there. It is wrong to lecture others to behave in a civilized fashion.
This would be all well and good (no, it wouldn't, actually) if they didn't insist that everybody should benefit from civilization without being civilized. It doesn't work that way. To succeed in life, one must do what is necessary to succeed.
If you don't want to see your kids wind up poor or in jail, then stay married. It is the best insurance against it.
All this from the review of a new book, Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization, by Brad Wilcox. Hat tip to Instapundit for the link.
