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• theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I hated it because it was totally unbelievable, just a paternalistic rationalization for authority

  I was confronted with the knowledge that the adults around me all thought the only thing keeping me from murdering someone was layers of rules and supervision. Like we’re all just rabid animals barely held back by a watchful eye

  Even then, I knew myself better than that. I knew people better than that

  But that’s how our society treats people. Like monsters that must be managed

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  • AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Hmm, interesting. To be fair, I haven’t read it since HS and that was…decades ago. Based on what you said I might reread and reassess.

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  • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Humans aren’t monsters until they reach a critical mass. Then they’re just awful.

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• LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Maybe it was presented to him as required school reading so that’s why he hated it 😜

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