Indeed, in a natural state, that could have been the case. My idea was that when reading about the many different forms relationships took in early (pre-civilization) tribes, chances increase that the reader starts to wonder why we ever landed on monogamy as the default.
A combination of the need for conformity and a limited historical context.
This was briefly touched upon during the Nexus conference, which I was reading about in an article just before browsing Lemmy and coming across this post. Although it offers no answers, it seems relevant as it might deepen the understanding of the problem:
The people financing the AI revolution were already responsible for the expansion of social media, which ruins many lives, says Leahy. Permanent online surveillance via social media makes young people afraid to even dance at concerts, says the 30-year-old software developer. The algorithms of dating apps have also turned the dating scene into a messed-up place. None of his friends have children, and everywhere he looks, he sees “dejected” peers. “My generation realizes that the promise of ‘let technology run free and everything will be fine’ is not true.”
The original article was in another language, no other paragraphs were relevant, so source has been omitted. Feel free to ask though, I’ll share (a translation of) the article.
Most parts of my country have a similar system as yours, and I don’t like it. One is saving up bags for an entire week until trash day. There are calls to make it one every 2 weeks, which won’t be fun in summer.
Luckily the place I’m moving to next year will have a big underground container so at all times of the day or night I can go deposit the trash there, and then they can collect the container whenever it suits them. Seems much better.