Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.
The focus this time: You are but clay to be moulded for the greater good.
First, a little mood music:
Carrying on…
The only way to achieve a perfect blank slate for the state to imprint correct thinking and achieve Borg-like uniformity is to make sure there is no loving mother or father to tip the scales in child-rearing against a crack baby whose mother is an abuse skank whore.
“Today’s Californians often hold up equity — the goal of a just society completely free from bias — as our greatest value. Gov. Gavin Newsom makes decisions through ‘an equity lens.’ Institutions from dance ensembles to tech companies have publicly pledged themselves to equity.
“But their promises are no match for the power of parents.
“Fathers and mothers with greater wealth and education are more likely to transfer these advantages to their children, compounding privilege over generations. As a result, children of less advantaged parents face an uphill struggle, social mobility has stalled, and democracy has been corrupted. More Californians are abandoning the dream; a recent Public Policy Institute of California poll found declining belief in the notion that you can get ahead through hard work.
“My solution — making raising your own children illegal — is simple, and while we wait for the legislation to pass, we can act now: the rich and poor should trade kids, and homeowners might swap children with their homeless neighbors.”
