I’ll start, I missed the outdoor cats struggle session so i don’t know what its deal was except a vague idea that outdoor cats were bad, so I’ve let my two cats stay being outdoor cats because I feel bad locking them inside, like I want to give them some experience of freedom to go where they please so they can live more fulfilling lives

Edit: also kruschev is imo a lot better than most hexbear users give him credit for

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    I’ll get us started: compulsory public education in a capitalist society is prone to child abuse. It’s where imperial propaganda gets ingrained and where people who want power over children have unlimited access to control them.

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      Being anti-public education is literally a fascist talking point and one that’s dangerously popular with US conservatives already. Public education is far from perfect, but removing resources will make every single problem with it worse. Besides, teacher’s unions are one of the last viable union careers.

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        Teachers are cops and being pro teacher is pro cop. Literally if you try to refuse public school as a child, violent enforcement will be threatened and eventually called if you don’t confirm.

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          Public education is one of the basic principles of any socialist program. Public education was one of the very first things the USSR and Cuba did. Uneducated people fall easier to propaganda.

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            Okay those are socialist societies. Under capitalism capitalist propaganda is taught. I’m for public education, but not forcing it. Tell me how you can justify using violence on a literal child so they can learn how great slaveowners were and how to be a good working peon.