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They don’t get half, the get half of the martial gains at best, if a prenup exists it could be completely different.

There is a reason why so many women face poverty when they retire.

The system isn’t flawed, it’s skewed on purpose historically.

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> The system isn’t flawed, it’s skewed on purpose historically.

Ah yes, it's a conspiracy.

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I mean... Yes. Not in the in the dark sense, but in the "working as designed, and you weren't around to be asked input from" sense. Jefferson was really big on sunset dates on these sorts of things specifically so each generation could weigh in on the old and change things over time instead of living in an ossified mausoleum of the collective institutional detritus of the dead.
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