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the fundamental flaw in your analogy is that there is an authority above both parents and employers - the state. Who will watch the watchmen? Once the state le
by eldaisfish 6y ago
the fundamental flaw in your analogy is that there is an authority above both parents and employers - the state.
Who will watch the watchmen? Once the state legislates overreach into law, who will challenge them effectively?
- afiori 6y agoThis is only a flaw insofar as the child-protective services are effective in detecting abuse and the state is a monolithic entity. My point is that trying to guarantee recursive watchmen does not work. It almost invites looking at that structure as a puzzle to be solved, as a game to played. A power balance based on mutual trust and mutual responsibility is more susceptible to individual overreach, but also more stable in identifying them.