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Or: The divorce industry has been a significant help in reducing the stigma associated with divorce, such that people can now make their own decisions without the societal pressure to stay in an unhappy marriage.

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Through well measured advertising campaigns they changed the definition of what a "happy marriage" means so that it's new meaning aligns more closely with the idea of being in a satisfactory employment situation. Everyone knows that it's not a good idea to jump from job to job too quickly, but if you've been at the same company for a long time, and a much better seeming opportunity presents itself.. then in today's world.. thanks to the PR spin machine and the divorce industry.. jumping ship seems like the only sensible thing to do, after all lets not forget that there's a huge cash reward involved which will more than cover the cost the attorneys fees many times over.

Marriage has been reduced to a transaction, a mere token in the consumer economy. The big question in my mind is, was this multi-billion dollar, multi-generational PR campaign coordinated out of greed by the divorce industry or is it an attempt by sinister forces to gradually bend the zeitgeist of western civilization in a certain ?dehumanizing? direction ? I suppose attempting to trace causation is not the most efficient means by which to remedy the situation, but yet these thoughts arise.

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