What Are Family Values Anyway

So what are these family values the right is always going on about. I am not talking about specific religious or cultural values but the values all families share.

It seems there is one common thread and that is that families care about and take care of each other. They do not ask if other family members are worthy of being cared for they just do it. When children are young and helpless they care for them, and when they become older and need it their children care for them. There are no financial transactions involved here but everyone is expected to contribute what they can to the family and the family ensures their needs are met.

I have been trying to find a way that says this that does not sound like “from each according to their ability to each according to their needs” but that is essentially it. Yes Virginia, family values are communism.