I will repeat here what I commented on another post the other day,
The concept of someone spending all their day in yeshiva (hopefully) learning to the exclusion of any effort of making a living and supporting a family was basically non existent until about 40 years ago. The fact that the burden of support was placed on the girl’s father head was another new phenomenon. In Europe only the outstanding individuals who were potential community leaders were privileged to this arrangement.
What has this system produced over the last number of years for a number of people.
Fathers in law in debt over their head.
Working wives working full time and taking care of their children as well while their spouses spend their days in the coffeerooms..
Entire communities subsisting on every government program they can play the system for.
The attitude that work is beneath the man’s station and is to be looked down upon.
This is what we have come to.
The notion that a married individual can both work and learn has become a belief as to how mainstream Judaism is to be practiced.
No question that many men do devote many hours a day to their studies but overall there is definitely something that just does not quite pass the smell test.