Children led the fight for their rights? It’s time adults stopped trying to mould kids into obedient neoliberal subjects, argues Matt Broomfield.
Adult domination of children is the most universal relation in human society, which only the most utopian political philosophies have sought to overturn.
The eternal need to ensure social replication means older generations have long struggled to force their offspring into ideological submission – particularly under capitalism.
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