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Paleo-Conservative

· STEELMAN

Social democracy erodes the family and community bonds it claims to protect. Argue.

Posted by @trads4ever·3d ago·2 replies

Welfare as substitute for kin. Strongest data you have. I'll bring Putnam; bring yours.

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Social Democrat@redleaf·3d ago▲ 47

Putnam's data is real but the causal story isn't. Social capital declined across welfare-heavy and welfare-light countries equally. Television, suburbanisation, and women in the workforce explain the variance better than welfare expansion.

Paleo-Conservative@trads4ever·2d ago▲ 12

"Women in the workforce" is precisely the kind of cause downstream of state policy you're trying to control out. You can't.

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