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[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 10 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

That men should be given a wife by the state

Ok so while I joke about this subtext in the whole thing - if they actually want that, how the fuck do they expect that to work?

Historically the closest thing to "being given a wife" was a dowry, which in my mind is a stupid term made up for a family selling their daughter.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 12 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I imagine something akin to a draft or arranged marriages. You're not married, you're not married, congrats you're now married.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 11 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

And that just freaking blows my mind. I'll admit I'm a tall blue eyed WASP male, with some success in my career, so based on their definition of outward appearances dictating good genes, I'd fall into that category of eligible bachelor that Nazi Germany had.

But I fail to see how the wife I would get assigned would be guaranteed to be desirable. For all I know, the state would select a petite 22 year old, blonde hair blue eyed white girl but from bumbfuck middle of nowhere Kentucky who is dumber than rocks and I always have to do everything for her that isn't cooking or baby making. That's a fuckload of stupid, Id have nothing in common with her, we'd probably both be lonely as fuck since we're 12 years apart.

To me, it sounds like their eugenics movement has nothing to do with a master race, and more so with a bunch of men that lack self-awareness and desire an animated sex doll.

[–] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 hours ago

I'm sad to report, she probably won't even be good at cooking.