very well stated, mystic
Dang, mystic. Spot on.You don't ask how monogamy has benefited or harmed your tribe if monogamy has made sure you don't identify with a tribe.
We had a prophetic worship ministry in the '90s and made the mistake of praying that God would use our lives as a sign to our generation as he did the biblical prophets. Had no idea what we were getting into....
There are other ways to get into this, though. As our culture continues to rush toward a terminal collapse (see, for example, this book), I believe God is calling more men to build strong stable families that will survive and possibly even thrive in the chaos. More and more of us are being called to "come out of her", and many are being led to start their own businesses or even homestead. As more of us men turn to self-employment and self-sufficiency, it seems natural to me (at this point, almost 20 years in) that God is calling more families to the plural life. It just works (particularly for family businesses and homesteads). When it's bad it's very bad, but when it's good it's very, very good.
This may be that Isaiah thing about seven women and one man, or it may not. Doesn't matter. Looks like a definite trend to me.