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Re: Freedom for boys and the social media age

Posted by diogenes on 2026-March-28 17:46:11, Saturday
In reply to Re: Freedom for boys and the social media age posted by monkeyLostInHead on 2026-March-28 15:26:59, Saturday

I'm sorry, but you are simply not following, or engaging with, my argument at all.

“It would be possible, for example, to give boys more freedom in some areas, and still ban social media.” No, because the very ideology that says that youngsters should be banned from social media dictates that kids' interactions with the world, including their physical environment, should be heavily controlled and supervised.

“if we gave boys back the freedom to roam and play outside, they would be less likely to be on social media anyway.” No, because so long as the oligarchs are enabled to keep kids addicted to social media platforms, kids will have no inclination to 'play outside'.

This is our dilemma, and a solution is only possible if we understand that contemporary western, particularly anglo, society should not be taken as a paradigm of how humans interact, and that we need a completely different mode of relating to each other, one which is incompatible with neoliberal anglo ideology.

Your inability to grasp a logical argument is your most salient characteristic, and I don't intend wasting any further time on this.


diogenes

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