Why does capitalism need the nuclear family structures?

Answer 1

In a perfectly capitalist society, there are NO government-owned enterprises. Nor ones that are subsidized by the government. The market decides, are what it not freely supported by individual fails.

The same goes for children. If a perfectly capitalist society, if a baby is not being fed by its parents, there is no government enterprise to step in and feed it instead. Instead the baby starves to death and dies. Thus it is critical for the continuation of society that children are supported by those presumably with an interest in keeping them alive, which are presumed to be the mother and the father.

Unless a single parent can afford to hire someone else to care for his child, he cannot care for a child alone without abandoning it during work periods or forcing employers into the disadvantageous role of caring for the child in place of the parent. Two parents, however, can alternate work shifts and have all times covered at comparatively minimal expense.

Thus, the more capitalist a system is, the more it is dependant upon nuclear or extended families. The only alternative would be some kind of large-scale replacement of the lower class on a regular basis, or perhaps their elimination entirely.

Answer 2

The nuclear family provides for children and also supplies society with at least one full time wage earner.

When you have one parent and children, often that parent cannot reach their own earning potential because they must divide their efforts.

In an ideal society, one parent would be able to stay home and provide support to the other and raise the children properly. However, our society is not ideal and most of the child rearing tasks gets pushed off on to strangers or the school system.

Answer 3

To ensure the continuity of the capitalist ideology and society. Indoctrination and conditioning take years and are most effective if performed from birth. The society demands continuity and permanence.

Answer 4

it doesn't, it needs property ownership and protected rights of such property and ones life.