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EPISODE · Jul 20, 2026 · 43 MIN

The War on the Family Nobody Admitted to Fighting

from Making the Argument with Nick Freitas · host Nick Freitas

The United States fertility rate just hit 1.599 — that’s an all-time low. We are not replacing ourselves. An entire civilization is opting out of its own future. And everyone wants to talk about tax credits and housing costs. Nobody wants to talk about what we spent 40 years putting on television in your living room. Right? Because if you wanted to design a curriculum that would teach an entire generation to distrust marriage, resent family, and view commitment as a trap — you couldn’t have done a better job than prime-time television between 1987 and 2020. But here’s what’s interesting — the television wasn’t the beginning. It was the delivery mechanism. The idea came from somewhere else entirely. And they were very, very clear about what they were doing. SPONSOR: Alliance Defending Freedom Alliance Defending Freedom is representing Daniel Grand, an Orthodox Jew whose Ohio city demanded a government permit before he could host a small prayer meeting in his own home. ADF and the law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe are now defending him at the U.S. Supreme Court, and ADF never bills its clients for their defense. For a limited time, your gift is doubled by a matching grant while matching funds last. Have your gift doubled while matching funds last. Text NICK to 83848 or give at https://www.JoinADF.com/Nick ----- GET YOUR MERCH HERE: https://shop.nickjfreitas.com/ BECOME A MEMBER OF THE IC: https://NickJFreitas.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickjfreitas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickFreitasVA Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickJFreitas YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Nickjfreitas TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickjfreitas3.0 00:00:00 – The one thing that could save the country 00:00:54 – Fertility at an all-time low and 40 years of anti-marriage TV 00:01:51 – It started with Marx: the call to abolish the family 00:04:17 – The Frankfurt School and the turn to cultural revolution 00:05:51 – Second-wave feminism repackages the attack on family 00:06:54 – Radical feminists on pregnancy, patriarchy, and motherhood 00:10:06 – Selling family destruction through Gramsci's cultural takeover 00:12:33 – Why marriage endured for centuries 00:14:53 – Capturing the universities to reshape the elites 00:15:42 – How prime-time sitcoms taught us to mock marriage 00:21:27 – Modern Family and normalizing the broken home 00:24:18 – Should pop culture reflect reality or aim higher? 00:25:38 – No-fault divorce and welfare's war on marriage 00:27:29 – Why the culture pushes marriage later and treats it as a trap 00:30:23 – Why Marxism fails culturally too 00:32:34 – A better vision: honoring God as husband, wife, and parent 00:37:00 – If pop culture won't model healthy families, build your own Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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