alt Hacker NewsOk, take it the other way.
You want to marry someone? Make sure the government approves for your safety.
Want to make dinner? First you have to send the recipe to your local overseer with proof of your safe cooking credentials or you will have to pay heafty fines for noncompliance.
Want to make love, read a book, speak your mind, make a contract with someone, work the job you want? Sorry, you can't decide that yourself, first the politburo must approve it.
Sounds great!
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hdgvhicv • today at 11:43 AM
While children are often married off to old men in the US and Afghanistan in more civilised countries the state tend to intervene.
> You want to marry someone? Make sure the government approves for your safety.
Historically, many states in the US required blood tests of both partners prior to marriage. Mostly it was a test for syphilis, which was the main reason that 16th ^ 17th Century people used tons of makeup. Do not google what that disease looks like in the tertiary stage if you want to sleep at night.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premarital_medical_examination