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> The traditionalist system you refer to is a construction, if a long-standing one.

All social systems are constructions, and yes you are correct, we can observe and critique them. The sky is also blue. I like oranges. Snails are slow.

> To argue that stoic fathers tend to produce better sons requires evidence.

Likewise, to argue the opposite also requires more evidence than saying that "there is quite a bit of evidence" for your point. Saying that there is evidence is not evidence.



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