This is why every totalitarian system first mocks and discards the voices of experience. Forces them out of institutions; derides them as "not up on the latest [fill in here];" valorizes voices of "the young fighting for change" etc. etc. etc. Hierarchal systems are both necessary and yet appropriate to rebel against, and one needs som…
This is why every totalitarian system first mocks and discards the voices of experience. Forces them out of institutions; derides them as "not up on the latest [fill in here];" valorizes voices of "the young fighting for change" etc. etc. etc. Hierarchal systems are both necessary and yet appropriate to rebel against, and one needs some real, developed wisdom to understand what to value and what may also legitimately be forced to evolve in a healthy direction. Child capture at the earliest stages prevents that development of wisdom. All o' them Young Pioneer-type movements lead to a generation of morons.
This is why every totalitarian system first mocks and discards the voices of experience. Forces them out of institutions; derides them as "not up on the latest [fill in here];" valorizes voices of "the young fighting for change" etc. etc. etc. Hierarchal systems are both necessary and yet appropriate to rebel against, and one needs some real, developed wisdom to understand what to value and what may also legitimately be forced to evolve in a healthy direction. Child capture at the earliest stages prevents that development of wisdom. All o' them Young Pioneer-type movements lead to a generation of morons.