"Emperors have Grand Viziers and advisors they talk to before deciding how to wield absolute power, so they're basically the same thing as senators"https://twitter.com/spqtemple02/status/1281873531064717319 …
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Replying to @Nymphomachy @spqtemple02 and
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Even if I were to take that wild supposition on its merits it literally doesn't matter because children do not actually have agency to assign their own caretakers Timmy can't just conscript Phil the Comic Book Shop Owner to be one of his stakeholdershttps://twitter.com/spqtemple02/status/1281873860816764929 …
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Replying to @Nymphomachy @arthur_affect and
I'm talking about within the group of individuals who take jobs in these theoretical community childcare centers that put them in proximity to kids consistently. What, you think they won't interact?
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Replying to @spqtemple02 @arthur_affect and
Are you saying that a child might like one of his caretakers better than the other, and that the sheer act of their liking this person de facto gives them complete control over the child and irreversibly shuts out every other adult from the decision process
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Replying to @Nymphomachy @arthur_affect and
Why do you so completely discount the power of emotional attachment? How many stories of authority figures sexually abusing kids who then keep quiet to protect their abuser do you need?
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Replying to @spqtemple02 @Nymphomachy and
The majority of such situations do, in fact, involve parents
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Replying to @arthur_affect @spqtemple02 and
You seem to be saying multiple things One of them is that no matter what system you create a child will develop a parent-like bond with exactly one authority figure so reform is fruitless (Or two, I guess, everyone needs a mommy and a daddy right)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @spqtemple02 and
And, whatever Maybe that's true, but so what The next part is you saying that anyone who seeks out such a relationship should not be trusted Okay, I'm fine with that heuristic too WHY ARE YOU EXEMPTING PARENTS
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy and
I'm not exempting parents, I'm just not going to support a complete reformation of society that doesn't really solve the problems you suppose it does but is guaranteed to destroy the good that I know and love in my family and so many others.
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Replying to @spqtemple02 @Nymphomachy and
The anti-nuclear family distributed-responsibility take isn't even that radical a take In the olden days the institution that stood in the place of parents was the extended family
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That was far, far, far from perfect, and as an institution the extended family was still shitty in myriad ways - patriarchal, hierarchical, self-interested But not investing all authority and responsibility in two people was still pretty clearly preferable
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