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You missed my point

Posted by Dissident on 2010-June-09 08:07:42 EDT, Wednesday
In reply to Actually, you're wrong about that posted by LOD on 2010-June-09 07:43:37 EDT, Wednesday

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Youth liberation is likely to occur before capitalism ends. Hence, supporting parental power for as long as the state exists is unjust. It makes no sense to call the state totalitarian for controlling the lives of people yet supporting the state in enforcing parental control over kids. If you truly believe in freedom, then you shouldn't tolerate any aspect of totalitarianism. The state is not the only agency on the world capable of dictatorial behavior.

Most importantly, I am NOT talking about replacing parental authority with state authority. It amazes me that some people on this board cannot conceive of the concept of no authority over emancipated youths, but instead assume that it's always either going to be the state or parents controlling the kids, and that one or the other must control them until a new global order takes place. I am talking about no authority over emancipated youths. I am talking about the state enforcing the civil rights of youths, NOT in forcing parents how to raise their kids. That means, if an emancipated youth wants to leave home for a youth residency or a democratic boarding school, the parents should not have the power to prevent their kid from doing so. If a youth chooses to work, the parents should not have the power to prevent their child from doing so, nor have the power to confiscate any of the money that younger person earns with their own labor. If a youth disagrees with her parents about what type of education she will receive and what method of education she will use, the decisions of the child should be paramount over that of the parents. Further, parents should not have the power to force their kids to practice their religion (or any religion at all). I am not proposing that the state decide these things for the child in place of the parents; I am proposing that emancipated youths make these decisions themselves, and the state simply prevent parents from forcing the child not to. This in no way replaces one type of authority with another, but supports the civil rights of younger people.

Again, if the state doesn't enforce the rights of younger people, then who does? We cannot expect youth liberation to be achieved only after the state is abolished. I dislike the state as much as you do, but we have to face the fact that youth liberation may be achieved before the state is gone.

Dissident


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