The concept of pair bonding for the sake of survival, having a family and raising the next generation with a stable foundation, I don't think theirs an issue with that, I don't think anyone would argue that this is not a scam

Where I think this goes sideways is when people pair up for other reasons, today it's hard to live on your own, get your own place so dual income to get a home pushes people into marriages of convenience which isn't a good footing to keep something together

Then you have an industry that profits off selling the whole dream wedding which isn't the lifetime marriage, that's just one day and people get scammed there. Selling people on the event and not the reaity of commitment

Then there's government getting involved mandating you split up assets a certain way and providing an incentive to not work on your issues but reward the party with less financial resources to walk away

Ultimately people have autonomy, they need to decide for themselves, do I want to tie myself legally to certain obligations and if so, vet the person they're planning to link up with and well people don't do that so they get what they planned for, is their pitfalls yes, is it a scam, i don't think so, I just think people scam themselves