If we started treating children like people rather than children, society would improve. The only people who want to "save" the children are hypocrites that parrot agendas.

If we started treating children like people rather than children, society would improve. The only people who want to "save" the children are hypocrites that parrot agendas. ( conspiracy )

submitted 2016-03-08T07:49 by ElspethTirel

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tryingthisout 2016-03-08T20:45

What about the fact that children make terrible decisions?

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ElspethTirel 2016-03-09T00:13

Adults make horrible decisions every day too.

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tryingthisout 2016-03-09T01:01

Agreed. But you can't compare a child and an adult. Very few 10 year olds are capable of making informed decisions about their futures. Most adults can.

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Dysnomia 2016-03-09T10:10

I disagree. Most adults can't think past next weekend. They're too busy eeking out an existence amidst perceived scarcity and learned helplessness from a childhood of being treated like retarded panda bears with hemophilia on a volcano.

Gerontocratic bullshit pseudoscience impeded societal and technological progress.

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Konran 2016-03-09T11:07

Nice. I've learnt a new word. And yea, I agree with you - the gerontocracy of modern society is one based on deference to elders and a central tenet of Victorian/British Empirical values.

Although a meritocracy has it's faults I would much prefer a system that allows for those with valid experience and well-reasoned arguments to make any major decision that ends up affecting the rest of us.

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Dysnomia 2016-03-09T11:31

I think a properly functioning meritocracy would be one with a focus on cultivating opportunities for individuals to build their merit. We're such a diverse species with such diverse interests and talents. We should celebrate that.

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Konran 2016-03-11T10:18

Yes! That is the type of meritocracy I believe is essential for us to flourish as a species in this universe.

[EDIT: Although my earlier idea of a 'meritocracy' was more like my idea of a transitionary system that allows for people in their respective fields of expertise and experience (doctors, nurses, auxiliary staff, and patients for health service matters / housing managers, surveyors, builders and tenants for housing matters / etc.) to make consensus-type decisions rather than career politicians who are essentially serving their own interests and not the peoples'.

We could still have political figures for international diplomacy and meetings but all decision making powers would be removed from their hands - this would ensure that corrupt deals and secret pacts would be reduced significantly.

I guess I would call this system a fluviocracy - where government of the people would be as a river; changing course depending on the most obvious and natural direction.

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Dysnomia 2016-03-11T19:49

Fluviocracy... I like it!

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iamrage 2016-03-08T10:47

That is a scary coincidence, i was talking to my mum about this one just the other day.

We were talking about death and how kids react to it. She saw a video online where it showed a child realizing that we die and it freaked her out in a bad way. Most parents avoid tough questions by sugarcoating them. This can create huge problems when the child realises those were lies.

Children are sponges in the way they learn things. They are easily able to grasp things you regard as touchy subjects. They have no real idea how the real world works, which means that they rely on you to teach them, and this includes any subject. Don't shy away from it.

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Atarian 2016-03-08T10:46

Maybe if we stopped treating adults like children it'd be a start.

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