Why did the CIA, specifically, want to overthrow the family?
Peter Hitchens did note that bringing women out of the home into the workforce was beneficial in reducing the cost of labor by increasing the pool of workers in the workforce.
The CIA to me is a defender of liberal capitalism.
Liberal capitalism faced the challenge of inflation back around 1970 and ever since due to government overspending.
Keeping wages down was critical as ‘feminism’ and legalized abortion emerged on the scene 1970-75.
“Why did the CIA, specifically, want to overthrow the family?”
Great question.
The reality is that organizations do not have agendas—human beings do.
Once you figure out the human beings that had that agenda it will all start to make sense.
Who (what human being) gave Steinem her marching orders?
If we do not know the answer to that question we still have a lot to learn.
I think I know the name of that person—but I cannot prove it.
This is the guy I suspect:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jesus_Angleton
Counterintelligence was his game—and Gloria was in that orbit:
Her Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Steinem
Key paragraph:
“In 1967, Steinem revealed in an interview with The New York Times that she had worked full time from 1958 until 1962 at the Independent Research Service, which was largely financed by the CIA.[31][113] As director of the Independent Research Service, Steinem had helped to organize groups of young people to attend World Youth Festivals in Vienna in 1959 and Helsinki in 1962.[113]...
Steinem defended her relationship with the CIA, saying: “In my experience the agency was completely different from its image; it was liberal, nonviolent and honorable.”
Follow the bread crumbs down the rabbit hole...