How many knew this interesting "tid bit" of History?

[Gdjjr]

When Kids Ran the World: A Forgotten History of the Junior Republic Movement
In an era when public opinion favored sheltering young people from adult society, the Freeville republic and its many descendants immersed them in carefully designed models of that society instead.


I'll admit I didn't- is this ever discussed in the godvernment approved education "system"?

 

[Erinwltr]

Exploitation of children. Yeah, read it.

 

[Gdjjr]

Exploitation of children. Yeah, read it.

Define exploitation- I kinda thought teaching was a better word choice-

exploit: as a verb; make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).

as a noun; a bold or daring feat.

teach: as a verb; show or explain to (someone) how to do something.

as a noun; a teacher.

 

[Oddball]

Over time the junior republic movement and broader applications of role playing in youth programming continued to evolve. During World War I, young people in republics and related programs directed attention to the war effort, manufacturing military goods, gathering scrap metals, canning vegetables, hawking war bonds, and distributing government information.

So it seems that they weren't as "isolated" as they were claimed to be,....Let your handlers introduce a "war effort" into the mix, and see if they'll play the good little nationalist prole game.

 

[Gdjjr]

Yes, alleged adults always fuck things up pretending they know what's best when the reality is they don't know shit from shinola- kids see things from a fresh and innocent perspective- should they be allowed to "run things"? Probably not, but to just disregard them or relegate them to second class people ain't very smart- kids have an enthusiasm for life that adults rarely experience- kids are, by nature, curious, innovative and rebellious- not a bad combination and alleged adults could learn a thing or two from them- but, you do have those (see the first comment in this thread) who feel they're cute and/or smart and publicly prove they are neither-