"Shouldn't we make that illegal?"
Well, until very recently, it was...in that neither spouse was able to obtain divorce on demand, without grounds. No-fault divorce paved the way.
"And how would polygamy make that MORE likely? I would think it'd be LESS likely."
With polygamy, the man would still be married to the earlier wife, but he would put her away emotionally. Today, he can divorce his wife, but has to endure the financial devastation that entails.
A polygamous society allows him to get (probably buy) a new wife freely. In a healthy monogamous society, he is told to suck it up and stop acting like a jerk.
"Well, until very recently, it was...in that neither spouse was able to obtain divorce on demand, without grounds. No-fault divorce paved the way."
---So end no-fault divorce. None of this stupid covenant marriage crap--end no-fault divorce if it's so awful. That has nothing to do with polygamy.
"With polygamy, the man would still be married to the earlier wife, but he would put her away emotionally. Today, he can divorce his wife, but has to endure the financial devastation that entails. A polygamous society allows him to get (probably buy) a new wife freely. In a healthy monogamous society, he is told to suck it up and stop acting like a jerk."
---In both cases, the extent of the penalty to the male is a fine. In the case of a legal no-fault divorce, the kids are put aside as well as the wife. That's just more of a fine to the dad, and no real penalty to him if he's willing to dump the kids anyway. But in a polygamous society, that would seem not to be the case, dad would still be living with the kids and subject to their daily demands.
I don't know whether a 'healthy monogamous society' is worth defending, if what we live in is one of those. I can't imagine how much worse a polygamous one could be when a single Jerry Springer episode provides firm evidence of how healthy our monogamous society is.
And what is this 'buy-a-wife' crap? When did society start selling its women again? And what are Maureen O'Hara lookalikes going for?