ertjaet

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by ertjaet 5y ago
and if it has inequities, we should strive to eliminate them, yes? shouldn't someone who benefits from those inequities be obligated to help those who are harmed by them?
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by ertjaet 5y ago
sure! facts like: - unfair power structures disproportionately harm those without power - including everyone in decisions about the allocation resources is an effective way to solve disparity - communities that form rules to govern themse
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by ertjaet 5y ago
the kids who had control of the Lego had a set of rules. other kids didn't have a say. the Lego was taken away so it wouldn't distract from the discussion, and then all the children developed rules they were happy with.
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by ertjaet 5y ago
oh no we taught the kids to share and now they're starving and the classroom has collapsed
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by ertjaet 5y ago
have you ever worked with young children? the method you propose will lead to bullying and fights. there needs to be some moderation.
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by ertjaet 5y ago
maybe not. but children do experience power imbalances in their own lives, particularly when dealing with their peers. and it's valuable to learn how to identify them, and how to build better systems that benefit everybody.
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by ertjaet 5y ago
> would teach that's... what they did teach. > How are kids to fight against the teachers? why would the kids need to fight the teachers???
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by ertjaet 5y ago
to clarify: > "We’d audiotaped the discussion so that we’d be able to revisit it during our weekly teaching team meeting to tease out important themes and threads. The children’s thoughts, questions, and tensions would guide us as w
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by ertjaet 5y ago
so you're acknowledging that our current political/economic system has built-in inequities? that playing by the rules is not a virtue in and of itself, especially if the rules cause harm to others?
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by ertjaet 5y ago
except the children made the system. they decided on the rules that would apply to them. there is no "system" beyond their own agreement!
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by ertjaet 5y ago
"reflecting on things that you've learned is indoctrination, actually"
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by ertjaet 5y ago
except... it isn't? that's literally not what socialism or collectivism is. socialism is just the idea that "wealth" (or any substitute, like lego) should be owned by the community, and rules that bind that community sho
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by ertjaet 8y ago
Setting a Linux process to a "realtime" priority (using SCHED_FIFO, etc.) will put above all non-RT /userspace/ processes. But doing that still means that the kernel can preempt you, if it decides to.
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by ertjaet 13y ago
It is. Retail price is expected to be between $200 and $500.
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