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mushy.the.mushroom

Kind of a really hot take, but I think maybe it should be illegal to have children below a certain age.

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Anonymous 17w

Eh, I see where you’re coming from, but most young parents are irresponsible/in a bad situation so legal enforcement on the parents might make the child’s life even harder than it would have been

Anonymous 17w

Enforceable how? Do you jail the parents and send the kid to foster care? Do you give them a fine and start the young parents off with major debt? Do you punish their parents and destroy their support system?

Anonymous 17w

Casually very authoritarian belief posted on YY, not surprising

Anonymous

#1 17w

It really wouldn’t be, in practice.

Anonymous

#2 17w

It is authoritarian. But like also, I don’t want 12 year olds having kids that’s fucked up.

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mushy.the.mushroom 17w

12 year olds can’t give consent

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shrimp_fried_rice 17w

This too

Anonymous

#2 17w

Of course, that’s kind of my point.

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mushy.the.mushroom 17w

That’s already in law

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Anonymous

#2 17w

It’s just one of those things where it’s like “yeah this shouldn’t happen, we could make it illegal” but making it illegal practically would be devastating

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shrimp_fried_rice 17w

I agree. That’s why this is a hot take, and why I’m VEEEEEERY loosey goosey in my wording to make sure nobody thinks I’m tryna die on this hill. It’s essentially unenforceable and would in reality hurt more than it helps. But it’s a tempting idea.

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mushy.the.mushroom 17w

So is it more like why suicide is illegal, so police have probable cause to stop it? Because thats both awful and hilarious the idea that cops get a tip of two teenagers having sex and break in to stop them.

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#2 17w

It doesn’t stop people from intentionally becoming young parents.

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#2 17w

If you like, couldn’t keep your kid legally if you had one under 14, I feel like that might stop.

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mushy.the.mushroom 17w

So are you saying like state enforced abortions? That is quite an extreme viewpoint.

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mushy.the.mushroom 17w

Because laws are always broken, enforcement of such law would literally only harm teen parents even more.

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#2 17w

Well that’s why it’s a hot take

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mushy.the.mushroom 17w

Are you saying state enforced abortions? Or am I assuming too far?

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#2 17w

No that’s pretty much what I’m theoretically advocating for. I wouldn’t if someone actually tried implement that, but if I was grand pubah of the universe, it’d be tempting to consider state mandated abortions for those below a certain (very young) age.

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#2 17w

To be clear, not something that can feasibly exist in a fair or just way in reality tho.

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mushy.the.mushroom 17w

I’m confused, do you have two different beliefs: one being for a fictional world where you are supreme leader (kinda crazy thoughts ngl), and the other being for reality (where all beliefs exist)?

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mushy.the.mushroom 17w

I’m not trying to ad hominem or anything I’m just trying to understand you

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#2 17w

No you’ve pretty much got it nailed. Except for thinking it’s crazy to imagine what you would do if you ruled the world, how you would change society. I feel like that’s a pretty universal thought experiment

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mushy.the.mushroom 17w

I mean I agree it’s just that I guess I find it hard for me to understand why you would want to implement something like that if you were truly committed to freedom for all

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#2 17w

Well in reality I probably wouldn’t. There’s no irl proposal that I think I could get in on.

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mushy.the.mushroom 17w

goosey？傻瓜在蝦子稍微反對他之後收回了之前的話，就像那個愚蠢的鵝吃了蟲子卻照顧蟲子一家的故事一樣。一開始為什麼要吃蟲呢？為什麼要傻乎乎地把這篇貼到蘑菇上呢？