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"Jim, it appears you have been yelling at your child. We have contacted child services, submitted for a warrant to enter your home automatically to allow lawfu
by jtr_47 8y ago
"Jim, it appears you have been yelling at your child. We have contacted child services, submitted for a warrant to enter your home automatically to allow lawful entry into your home to remove your child for further investigation."
- pdkl95 8y agoFor a disturbingly plausible sketch of what that kind of thinking grows into, see Tom Scott's short "Oversight". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIuf1V1FhpY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIuf1V1FhpY
- noonespecial 8y agoAll it takes is for parts of child services to be privatized like the prisons currently are and we arrive at: "Your kids are starving. Carl's Jr. believes no child should go hungry. You are an unfit mother. Your children will be placed in the custody of Carl's Jr."
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoThere's a select set of government entities that are so inefficient, bad at what they do and citizen/consumer unfriendly that an evil corporation would be an improvement over the status quo because existing status quo sets the bar on the floor and the evil corporation at least has an incentive to be equally terrible in an efficient way. I put child services, the ATF, DMV (or whatever your local acronym is) and probably a couple others I'm not thinking of in that category.
- wkearney99 8y agoBecause you've directly interacted with them? Or because you're just parroting pop culture? If so, stop and try being more thoughtful instead. Child services folks have an incredibly difficult, often thankless and woefully under-funded mission. Everybody loves to joke about them... until they need that sort of help.