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If the kids had more money, they’d be more free. That’s the American way.
by dartos 3y ago
If the kids had more money, they’d be more free.
That’s the American way.
- caturopath 3y agoCan you expound upon this? What's the alternative way, and why are kids free-er in it? How do kids vary in wealth and how does this affect their freedom? (For current kids? For American kids at different times?)
- Y_Y 3y agoObviously they exchange labour for capital and are rewarded commensurately by the free market.
- polygamous_bat 3y agoThinking about the freedoms of the chimney sweeping children in the free markets of historical England almost brought a tear to my eyes, thank you.
- suckitsam 3y agoThey were perfectly free to go work in a textile mill or coal mine if they didn't like being a chimney sweep!
- mistrial9 3y agowild leap from one large, difficult subject to a second one, with no provided evidence, real link or even train of thought.. just "mind salad".. counterproductive to the flow of the reason here
- atoav 3y agoNot the person who posted this, but there is a very, very clear line that can be drawn between school and industrialization, both essentially came into live during the same time. Sometimes the same people who owned the factories where the parents worked advocated for schools to which their kids could go (totally out of the kindness of their hearts ofc). The way school has been structured historically was (and in many parts of the world: is) still stemming from that time. And this was a society that didn't need free thinkers, but people who did as they were told.
- logicchains 3y agoThis is entirely true; rich people generally send their children to schools where they're treated with more dignity.
- mensetmanusman 3y agoThe American way is to save the elderly at the expense of the kids while also saddling them with debt.