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> If you raise children in fear, they're easy to manipulate into fear as adults. An implicit claim in the quoted text is that one of the reasons people want to
by jamesrcole 9y ago
> If you raise children in fear, they're easy to manipulate into fear as adults.
An implicit claim in the quoted text is that one of the reasons people want to implement such drills is to produce adults that will be easier to manipulate. I think a claim like that requires some attempt at justification.
(And before anyone jumps to conclusions, the point I'm making is completely independent of whether I think the drills are a good or bad thing).
- AstralStorm 9y agoThe justification is hard - you would have to run serious longitudinal studies. By that point the damage (or not) is done. In fact this could be considered an unsanctioned social experiment, doubly unethical because it is ran on children and bypasses parental oversight. Just consider what happens in quite heavily militarized countries such as South Korea. They get large numbers of people who are obedient and respect authority - this on top of the general Asian proclivity to do so. Or perhaps see what happens in Israel and Palestine with all the missile drills.