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minus-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down5·2 days agoThe issue with this argument is that many kids don’t have good parents, and some don’t have any parents at all. Are those kids just supposed to be left to the mercy of bad actors because of their circumstances?
minus-squareLodespawn@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 days agoThe current solution just cuts those at risk kids off from all modern support networks.
minus-squareFluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoOn purporse to keep them trapped in abusive households with no Support
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·2 days agoGuess we just let for profit companies and authoritarian states suck up all the data on everyone whether it works or not then.
minus-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·2 days agoI didn’t say I approve of the current tactics, I’m just pointing out that circumstances can be more complex than simply saying ‘let the parents sort it out’ and leaving it at that.
The issue with this argument is that many kids don’t have good parents, and some don’t have any parents at all.
Are those kids just supposed to be left to the mercy of bad actors because of their circumstances?
The current solution just cuts those at risk kids off from all modern support networks.
On purporse to keep them trapped in abusive households with no Support
Guess we just let for profit companies and authoritarian states suck up all the data on everyone whether it works or not then.
I didn’t say I approve of the current tactics, I’m just pointing out that circumstances can be more complex than simply saying ‘let the parents sort it out’ and leaving it at that.