Yeah my time in high school people were almost entirely detached from politics and those who cared were nerds, and not the cool kind. Very sad actually
My guess is that it's because we have merged entertainment spaces with political spaces with pornographic spaces.
A kid can not use reddit to learn about their favourite game without being exposed to political viewpoints or porn frequently. The result is exposure and understanding of serious political discussion.
My armchair theory is they are stewing in the same media environment we (people not in 3rd grade) are, and as such are dealing with the same memes/cultural signifiers as us older people use.
Like, despite efforts you still end up with 13 y/os accessing the same social media/forums as 35 y/os.
I see absolutely no ethical problems with political education and agitation at any age. We are not grooming people into a religion. The fascists on the other hand? They genuinely are grooming people.
The only caveat I have is that I think kids should just get to be kids without adult influences. But we live in a new era. These kids will genuinely never get that, they have phones from like 5 to 8 years old and get onto major internet content within their first couple of years online.
If they're very-online kids they will end up with an online education much faster than the education system itself.
For real. In 3rd grade I literally knew like nothing and these kids are talking about abolishing a fascist police force
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Yeah my time in high school people were almost entirely detached from politics and those who cared were nerds, and not the cool kind. Very sad actually
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My guess is that it's because we have merged entertainment spaces with political spaces with pornographic spaces.
A kid can not use reddit to learn about their favourite game without being exposed to political viewpoints or porn frequently. The result is exposure and understanding of serious political discussion.
My armchair theory is they are stewing in the same media environment we (people not in 3rd grade) are, and as such are dealing with the same memes/cultural signifiers as us older people use.
Like, despite efforts you still end up with 13 y/os accessing the same social media/forums as 35 y/os.
If you play minecraft, you use /r/minecraft, you engage with reddit, you get politicised.
What are the ethics of posting anti homework anarchist agitprop on /r/minecraft?
I see absolutely no ethical problems with political education and agitation at any age. We are not grooming people into a religion. The fascists on the other hand? They genuinely are grooming people.
The only caveat I have is that I think kids should just get to be kids without adult influences. But we live in a new era. These kids will genuinely never get that, they have phones from like 5 to 8 years old and get onto major internet content within their first couple of years online.
If they're very-online kids they will end up with an online education much faster than the education system itself.
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