The politics of the perpetual child: How government replaced the family
We didn’t invent a brand-new system of government. We just took the family and scaled it the hell up. At the bottom is the real civilizing unit: a mother who invests everything and a father who provides and defends.
- ▪We didn’t invent a brand-new system of government.
- ▪We just took the family and scaled it the hell up.
- ▪At the bottom is the real civilizing unit: a mother who invests everything and a father who provides and defends.
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| Original publisher | Washington Examiner |
| Canonical URL | https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4659928/politics-of-perpetual-child-government-replaced-family/ |
| Publication time | Sun, 26 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0000 |
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We didn’t invent a brand-new system of government. We just took the family and scaled it the hell up. At the bottom is the real civilizing unit: a mother who invests everything and a father who provides and defends. That unit produces competent adults. Those adults then form larger voluntary associations — trade, craft, industry, church, local community. These are the intermediate bodies that actually make a free society work. They are not optional lifestyle choices. They are the operating system. Recommended Stories The politics of the perpetual child: How government replaced the family To save capitalism from Gen Z, Republicans must steal socialism Stop calling it the cloud.
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