What Is Happening To The Modern Relationship?
Under capitalism, adults must handle their own defense, health (physical and mental), finances, and daily responsibilities. This fuels the popular "I'm not your father, mother, maid, ATM, therapist, bodyguard, nurse, entertainer, or handyman" rhetoric. Relationships have become minimal: one person merely existing beside another with no duties. People complain that partners offer nothing beyond self-sufficiency, yet they still expect others to pay for their presence (time, energy, or money) while refusing to provide any traditional support they expect to receive in return. No one wants a useless body taking up space. With robots, toys, and AI meeting most needs, many realize they neither like nor need other humans. When they do have needs, society labels fulfilling them taboo. People enter romantic relationships for intimate love, not friendship, but nearly every classic love language has been banned or shamed. And with cost of living ever so increasing, people are essenti...
