As such, he begins his list with the first rule: “Get Married (and Have Lots of Children).” This rule seems so obvious, but it has become counterintuitive today. Rather than being reminded of the joys that come from finding a soulmate and bringing life into the world, single adults in the prime of life are bombarded with the message that spouses and children are intolerable burdens. Taking the opposite view, Habsburg cites the example of his ancestors who show how there is strength in numbers and peace through that strength: “While few modern marriages end up remaking continental map the way the Habsburg marriages did, it is almost a truism that marriages that produce children quite literally form their families’ future.”
https://thefederalist.com/2023/07/19/for-conservatives-theres-a-right-way-a-wrong-way-and-the-habsburg-way/
