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Out of curiosity do you think it does more harm to a child to be told they are bad for "arguing with adults/actively defying rules" or if they are instead told they have a disorder and they should take medication for it?
Which is worse, being told by an authority that you are possessed by the arch-demon Beelzebub or by the arch-demon Beelphegor?
Both theories (and the parody "CAD" too) take for granted that your being subject to a stream of commands is an immutable fact of nature.
It’s just way easier for people to grasp “reform this system” than “understand this system starting from first principles & then decide to what extent and in which ways to interact with it.” Wanting a better autopilot is maybe OK, if you understand that that’s what it is?
I was trying to address it pretty generically, because I was thinking simultaneously of (a) ultra-hierarchical institutions like most schools/workplaces & (b) systems like the mental health infrastructure that use the ability to function within (a) for goalposts
That whole mess is best avoided. Parents, on the other hand, have a choice whether to issue commands or not. The right choice is: not.
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