Foot binding puts education (child prison) into context. How could they do it? Well, it was the normal, loving maintenance of a child.
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luckily we improved the definition of normal.
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I'm suspicious of how much of an improvement it is - is modern prison really so much less cruel than corporal punishment or execution?
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Industrial schooling seems better than foot binding to me. I don't demand utopia tomorrow. Just gradual bits of improvement
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progress is a comforting idea, it might be true - just helpful to see the commonalities and patterns
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It's more than a comforting idea. Perhaps unfalsifiable but few would choose to go back. Not even most hipsters or NRxers.
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"go back" implies package deal - what if you could keep infectious disease gains but not send kids to child jail?
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sorry, no can do. Unless you figure out a way to stabilize an Amish style cultural bubble universe as a closed system.

