Like, for example, Larry King, Teddy Kennedy, Donald Trump, Kwisi Imfume, Jesse Jackson, or the legendary Wilt Chamberlain ....
Newsflash: Rich and well off males have as many women as they want, both licit and illicit. Not unless there are significantly more "rich" than exist today will it effect the availability of females in the overall population. The problem you anticipate comes from having an extremely limited population with nearly universal polygamy within to start with.
I say again, we already practice polygamy in the US, with all the attendant inheritance, social welfare and complex clan implications. It is socially sanctioned and commonplace. The only requirement is that we have our multiple spouses sequentially and not concurrently.
"Like, for example, Larry King, Teddy Kennedy, Donald Trump, Kwisi Imfume, Jesse Jackson, or the legendary Wilt Chamberlain ....
Newsflash: Rich and well off males have as many women as they want, both licit and illicit. Not unless there are significantly more "rich" than exist today will it effect the availability of females in the overall population. The problem you anticipate comes from having an extremely limited population with nearly universal polygamy within to start with."
True, but most of the women they get are temporary relationships. The little slut will go find a new man after the fling is over. Polygamy insures that a large percent of women will be with a small percent of the men perminatly. Its the knowledge that you will never get a wife that would cause most problems.
"I say again, we already practice polygamy in the US, with all the attendant inheritance, social welfare and complex clan implications. It is socially sanctioned and commonplace. The only requirement is that we have our multiple spouses sequentially and not concurrently."
Having multiple spouses sequentially is far different than concurrently. Under the immoral system we have now, most people pair off, even if its only for a short time. Under large scale Polygamy, most men will NEVER have a partner, and they know they won't. This is all speculation because polygamy only works when women are treated like property anyway. What percent of women would accept her man getting a new wife? The murder rate amoung women would certainly go up!