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CHILDREN LED THE FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS?

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.

Michel Foucault showed how modern schooling disciplines children, extinguishing natural creativity, compassion and solidarity, while the Western nuclear family structure

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