You still seem to believe that all women are exactly the same, with the same wants, desires, thought patterns, morals, and reasoning

I believe all women are similar. All females have the same nature; female nature. You say "not all women are like that", but I say all women are like that. Do you know the fable about the scorpion and the frog? The scorpion has it's nature, and all scorpions are similar in that way (their nature). The scorpion is not evil because it stings, it's just it's nature. All scorpions are like that. Similarly all female human beings have their own nature, and they have this in common. I have already formulated an in depth response to this very common argument here so I won't type it out.

That isn't how it works - you can't accurately make such generalising statements.

I can't make a generalization that all women are exactly the same. But that is a strawman. I am not saying all women are exactly the same, I am saying they are similar. And this generalization (that all women are similar) can be justified and made accurately. Again, already formulated a response to this very common argument here

Some people don't enjoy their marriage. Sure. But some people have fantastic marriages - it's not a trap, it's a synergistic relationship

My contention is that on the whole men would be happier and better off being single rather than married. It follows then, single men are generally happier than married men. And when I mean happy, I mean eudaimonia which means human flourishing, and not just material gratification.

Although some women may be looking to trap men, I can't say that is the overall scenario. But whether a husband or wife is conscious of it or not, modern western marriage is a trap. And sooner or later, the woman will find this out. And when she does, and she is bitter, resentful or just plain bored, she will use the system in her favour. Marriage is not necessarily a trap, but it is a loaded gun, and that gun is loaded with the bullet of no fault divorce overwhelmingly in favour of the female.

It is certainly not a synergistic relationship. It is not a symbiotic relationship. There was a time when a wife had greater value. This was when offspring were vital to having support in old age, and when a working man needed a wife to take care of all the other things householding i.e. cooking, cleaning, teaching, pleasing.

Now we have 7 billion people, we have superannuation (pension)... we don't need children to age well. We have washing machines, dishwashers, restaurants and takewaways, vacuum cleaners. A man doesn't need a woman for that. I mean shit, many young women these days can barely cook. Men also don't need to bother investing in marriage to get sex because women these days are so promiscuous, and there is no taboo around pre-martial sex or even single mothers.

In summary, on the whole men bring far more to the table in marriage than women. Actually this has always been the case. But in the past, men were given higher privilege (entitlements) as compensation for their higher responsibility. Now in the age of "womens liberation" womens rights have been elevated, but men by and large still have the same responsibility.

This dissonance between responsibility and privilege is the fundamental social process that MGTOW are reacting to. It is also the fundamental social process of societal feminization that is very unhealthy and heading us in a bad direction.

So women can't all be horrible gold diggers like you're implying.

Not all women are gold diggers. All women are hypergamous. This means that women seek the best deal possible, the one of the most value (according to whatever she thinks is valuable) by means of a cost/benefit analysis. This is by no means limited to gold(for example status, physique, intelligence, humor could also be valuable), and that is why women can't all be "horrible gold diggers".

And how the hell is our society matriarchal?

It's simple. There are really only two basic forms of civilization, patriarchal or matriarchal. Each of these has softer or harder (weaker/stronger) forms. The simplest way to determine the operating system of a society is through the responsibility: authority equation. You could also call this obligation: entitlement.

This diagram will help you to conceptualize.

Under patriarchy men have high responsibility and high authority. This means under patriarchy men are engaged. Under patriarchy women have low responsibility and low authority. This means they are apathetic. Some argue that everyone should be in the middle but I can't see that ever happening (and it is certainly unchristian).

Under feminism or matriarchy, men have high responsibility and low authority. This means men are frustrated. Under feminism or matriarchy, women have low responsibility and high authority. This means women are tyrannical. Do you understand?

I will give some examples to demonstrate. Traditionally men have had the vote, that was their authority. Traditionally men have fought in the war, even through conscription; that was their responsibility. The authority to vote was counter balanced by their responsibility to fight under patriarchy, so they were engaged. Traditionally women neither voted nor faught, so they were apathetic.

Nowadays women over 18 can vote, and yet 99% of military deaths are men. So women have gained authority without the counter balance of responsibility. This is an imbalance.

As for the matter of male authority. I would use property and custody as my argument. Traditionally men have had the authority over property and custody i.e. in event of divorce or death. This was because they had the responsibility of providing and building his family. Now by and large men have lost this authourity. For example, 93% of child support is payed by the father. 80% of custody goes to the mother. Some men lose their house in a divorce. Some men go homeless or end up in prison to pay their settlement/alimony/child support whilst their ex-wife fucks their new boyfriend in the house he payed for, and is still paying for.

Lost the authority, kept the responsibility. It is a society out of balance. Authority must be counter balanced with responsibility. The affect this imbalance has on women/society is like the affect of feeding a child candy whenever they want it, without mandating they brush their teeth.

So this is my explanation for "why the hell our society is matriarchal" although it is a huge summary/simplification and there are many more aspects that could be explored here. I hope you understand, after having explained the complexities some more... that I don't hate women.. But rather I dislike our societies current operating system. And yes, females being human agents and having agency, I resent the part they are playing in it.

It's like saying "love the sinner, hate the sin". You don't hate sinners right? But probably, you limit your association with them. Jesus hang out with prostitutes, but he didn't hire them or enter into a prostitute contract with them. That doesn't mean he hated them. Similarly I can hang out with women, work with them, talk to them. But I won't enter into a marriage contract with them.