I feel like I can think of lots of situations where society puts in to protect children rather than leaving it to the parents (age ratings on films and games, YouTube Kids, regulations around advertising to children, the whole concept of school, reduced speed limits around playgrounds to give a few examples off the cuff).
My point more was that you said it wasn't a widely shared opinion, but to my mind, it is broadly the status quo. Whether that is good or bad is a separate point.
Its not reactionary to say you dont want the state to interfere too much in your child éducation.
Whether you are left or right its fine as long as the state aligns with you. But if you open an history book, you will sée it VERY OFTEN happened that states get crazy / ideological or just plain eugénist / liberticide.
> I long thought their strong Gaullist stance on sovereignty was a bit silly in today's world, but turns out they were right along.
Silly ? it originally comes from the american trying to impose a governement to france / print money and administrate it right after WW2. The ONLY reasons this didn't happen is because De Gaulle marched to paris and became the de facto ruler of the nation after that from his popularity, other wise the american plan would have happened.
US has literally had the SAME policy since maybe as early as the 1800 : expand the empire and get as much as influence as possible. They were never exactly friends or at least "kind" friends.
If anything the subsequent presidents who meshed our defense / intelligence / technical appartus so deeply with the US were complete fools, at best.
- AI will not replace human attention / domain expertise for a long time
- International conflicts do not impact you at all
- Human systems are anti fragile (they get stronger with challenges). Trump migh actually reinforce Europe by antagonize it.
- Stock market doesn't matter if you own a farm (methaphorically and practically).
- Rights are eroding some places but also increasing other places (lgbt rights have been generally on the rise in the past 10 years)
- in general the quality of life EVERYWHERE (except the middle class of developped countries) has WILDLY improved in the past years: medical access / water access / education access has increased in most countries.
You are what you feed yourself..
- feed yourself with more positive news
- learn to ignore what doesn't impact you or you can't control (stoicism)
Universal healthcare is the norm in all of west / central europe, it's good quality, accessible for EVERYBODY (including the poors), and doctors still have great quality of life and are rich.
You guys are just getting f** by a mafia in the US and defending it for no factual reasons. Both by the military industrial complex AND the medical field btw.
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