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For school, it is illegal not to attend. This means in America that people with guns can forcibly detain children not in school during the school day. Police pr
by jostylr 11y ago
For school, it is illegal not to attend. This means in America that people with guns can forcibly detain children not in school during the school day. Police proudly do so in an attempt to defeat crime since, in their opinion, all children not under the watch of an adult are criminals. How can being threatened with gun violence by the authorities not be coercion?
They also have the power to rip a child from their parents. This is biologically a very serious threat.
- fsloth 11y agoI would generally call that a very poor situational awareness by the persons holding executive power. If the higher level goal for a state is to make people follow the law, then starting with violent coercion is a stupid influence tactic. There are other influence tactics as well. But, if the culture is such that coercive tactics take precedence then I suppose you can have a point. I would not start to unravel this by deregulating schooling but by fixing the habits and culture of the executive personnel, though.