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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
Now THAT is a GREAT idea!!!
That way, kids wouldn't have these silly familial loyalites.
They could all be raised to be loyal to the state, and only to the state.
They could be raised to work for the good of all, with the well being of the state more important than any individual wants/needs.
What a concept. Why hasn't anyone thought of it before?
(insert dripping sarcasm here)
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I knew it would be a minority view -
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Having the 'state' raise children, would give them all the same opportunities - thereby reducing much of the talent that currently goes to waste in disadvantaged families, when it could be benefitting us all.
Also, it wouldn't have to be about locking the children away in institutions - they'd belong to the community, rather than a couple of parents. The nuclear family we now have in developed countries is a fairly new phenomenon after all; in the past children had extended communities to help raise them. These days, parents have too much control over their kids (tho' that won't be a popular view either, I imagine
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I think people have thought of it before; e.g. Huxley's 'Brave New World' - often misdescribed as a dystopia.