used to teach kids from ages 10-17

that’s like seven years at a minimum after they start being conditioned to BE selfish monsters, idk this seems like a more systemic issue than a biological ‘kids need to be kept in line regardless of social structure’ thing

in fact i think it’s borderline reactionary. yeah kids are gross and selfish and shitty but who taught them to be that way? they had ten or more years of experience at that point. if people treat you as subhuman, not worthy of consultation, and inherently worthless and a drain of resources for ten years and you have no other experiences you’d be fucked up too (case in point: you/everyone here probably was fucked up until they experienced things other than being treated like that)

edit: read theory https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/toby-rollo-brian-davis-arthur-silber-no-against-adult-supremacy-vol-10

you’re probably right to be annoyed, actually. but that isn’t the kid’s fault that they’re doing stupid shit while they’re learning. it’s the fault of us underpaying and forcing teachers and child care workers to work too many hours simultaneously, because we don’t treat them as valuable as they are. child care workers should be paid like degree holding medical doctors at minimum

In this manner, the child is prevented from developing a genuine, authentic sense of self. As he grows older, this deadening of his soul desensitizes the child to the pain of others. Eventually, the maturing adult will seek to express his repressed anger on external targets, since he has never been allowed to experience and express it in ways that would not be destructive. By such means, the cycle of violence is continued into another generation (using “violence” in the broadest sense). One of the additional consequences is that the adult, who has never developed an authentic self, can easily transfer his idealization of his parents to a new authority figure.

Whoops! We Made Ten Year Old Hitler!