[1Old Pro]

Treating fathers as paychecks instead of treating fathers as parents is the core reason for civilization’s decline.

More like treating government as the Father's paycheck ad eliminating Fathers is the core reason. That and skyrocketing taxes forcing moms into the workforce just to keep up.

[Arcadian Empire]

Fathers could not be replaced by the government being a source of cash for the family without fathers being reduced to being a source of cash in the first place.