Do you think 15 year olds should vote? Do you think 14 year olds should vote? Do you think 13 year olds should vote? Do you think 12 year olds should be able to enter contracts? It's arbitrary but necessary. Children shouldn't be burdened with such responsibilities and freedom.
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If I actually believed all or even most kids had parents who were genuinely both willing and able to look out for their interests on their behalf it would be much easier for me to agree with you
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So what, now you're generally suspicious of parental rights and responsibilities in general? I really don't get the point here.
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The instant you start saying "rights and responsibilities" I am instantly EXTREMELY suspicious Parenting is not a right and does not entail rights It is all responsibility
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Replying to @arthur_affect @spqtemple02 and
Look, I didn't even actually say I want to abolish the family unit and raise children in communal creches But the thing is the people who try to make a case for responsible, accountable parenting are always the ones who scare the fuck out of me when talking about it
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i'm not in favor of the creche thing either but i feel like it would not be worse then some of the situations out there
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Replying to @ianbobmorris @arthur_affect and
My main problem is we don't have super good data on it (that I know of, please send me some). If it works better, then let's get rid of be nuclear family (which is already usually toxic) and implement a new system.
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Replying to @Includius @ianbobmorris and
In what universe would that ever happen? People aren't just going to surrender their children to the state and all attempts have shown that you can't convince large populations of your creche ideal.
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Replying to @spqtemple02 @ianbobmorris and
Never said it was my ideal, all I've really been saying is we should find out if something works better than the two parent family unit, because it pretty clearly has its flaws.
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Replying to @Includius @spqtemple02 and
The fundamental difference between a progressive and a conservative is a conservative fully gives in to status quo bias "This is the way things are and have been as long as I remember, so it can't be that bad First do no harm" And you know what fuck that shit
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Things can be the way they've been for as long as you remember -- they can be the way they've been since time immemorial -- and that doesn't make them not a FUCKING ATROCITY, a MORAL EMERGENCY that NEEDS TO STOP THIS INSTANT Slavery was in that category
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