Tell that to schoolboards.
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Replying to @spqtemple02 @rainaftersnopls and
This bias that when adults form bureaucracies and institutions their actions become depraved and corrupt but when they act as individuals in relationships you can trust their inherently decent nature is very common among Republicans It's the complete opposite of my experience
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Replying to @arthur_affect @rainaftersnopls and
That's really not the perspective. It's that institutions areliable to be corrupt as any individual seeing as they are but collectives of individuals, and since we can only really know ourselves we prefer that we retain as much power and responsibility as individuals as possible
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Replying to @spqtemple02 @rainaftersnopls and
Who the fuck is "we" Of course YOU prefer to retain as much power as possible, because you ARE you Why the fuck should *I* trust you
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Replying to @arthur_affect @spqtemple02 and
I am totally on board with the idea that we should respect the fact that you can never really ask someone to trust another person as much as themselves THAT'S WHY WE SHOULD LIMIT THE POWER OF PARENTS Because THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TELLING CHILDREN TO DO
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Replying to @arthur_affect @rainaftersnopls and
You're telling them to do just that but with state authorities in your ideal.
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Replying to @spqtemple02 @rainaftersnopls and
I never advocated making some single state authority all-powerful I advocated a balance of powers pitting adult authorities against each other, as a compromise solution maximizing the power children have over themselves
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Replying to @arthur_affect @rainaftersnopls and
How is that any different from a a child having multiple authority figures aside from their parents as they do now if they attend school/church/sports etc.?
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Replying to @spqtemple02 @rainaftersnopls and
Because under the status quo parents' veto power is ultimate and while there exists a bureaucratic institution for abrogating their power in cases of abuse, it's a very weak institution that has to fight tooth and nail
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Replying to @arthur_affect @rainaftersnopls and
And how do you propose you construct some sort of perfect balance of authority in which a child doesn't develop a particularly strong emotional attachment of trust to a given authority in this system of yours?
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I don't really aspire to perfection, I just hope to give kids a choice
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