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I think this is a strange perspective, but it also kind of hits it perfectly.

Western society has been breaking down the autonomy and independence of the family. More and more policies are aimed at treating parents as temporary caregivers of a state asset. Public education is probably the biggest one of all time, but there are a lot of little policies as well. If you let little Timmy roam free the state could very well decide to swoop in and assign new caregivers. Genetics are de-emphasized in this whole system to be made irrelevant.

People are fighting back against this state interference with things like “free range parenting” and homeschooling.



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