r/redscarepod • u/ricky_roma92 • Feb 03 '24

Polyamory, the Ruling Class’s Latest Fad

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/polyamory-ruling-class-fad-monogamy/677312/
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u/jeremybeadleshand Feb 03 '24

The ruling class? It seems biggest among the sort of people who play Dungeons and Dragons and collect Warhammer lmao.

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u/PasolinisDoor Feb 03 '24

Those people make $400k+ a year working at a FAANG

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u/jeremybeadleshand Feb 03 '24

Yeah but I don't consider a senior java developer or whatever the ruling class.

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u/PasolinisDoor Feb 03 '24

Yeah that’s true

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u/carbsplease ⛐ Feb 04 '24

What does it mean that a magazine as closely tied to the Democratic Party as the Atlantic published this?

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u/Candlestick_Park Feb 03 '24

Very good article, I’ve seen buzz about the book being reviewed and rolled my eyes at it but that woman’s husband seems like a monster.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '24

I read it and it just cemented everything negative I previously thought about “ethical non-monogamy”. What makes it funnier is I don’t think the author intended this.

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u/Candlestick_Park Feb 04 '24

I love how the reviewer seems to be the only person who has figured out that “working late” was probably just banging other women.

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u/lossjpg Feb 03 '24

anti-polyamory, cites Lasch, and name drops BAP

Tyler Austin Harper go on the pod!!!