#Logic at the dinner table!

Reseachers observed #family meal-time conversations to see how #children and #parents argue.
- the youngest kids argue almost exclusively for not #eating what their parents want
- children deploy appeals to #authority (other adults) and #consistency (their parent's prior logic in another context), perhaps because they know that their own views will not be taken as seriously as adults’ or their parents’ in their #paternalistic setting.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lcsi.2022.100630

@ratwerks@sfba.social @heinragas @mekkaokereke No. not when #theotherwhiteicon behaves in a blatantly #paternalistic fashion. Not when #theotherwhiteicon throws around #buzzwords that actually prove their intent is #dismissive of solutions & #paternalistic in deciding which #whiteicon comments are & are not #racist. But hey if folks want to build the next CI$, Que, AOL, Delphi, MySpace, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and fail, go for it. You can be #hashtag diva.

One doesn't need to be a radical anarchist (I am not) to acknowledge these concerns:

“From the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been calls […] for […] governments to combat the spread of the virus. These calls may seem quite innocuous and unsurprising, but they represent a dangerous trend. […] Specifically, these calls for #government action highlight a concerning belief […] that, when faced with an economic, social, or political problem, we should first look to the government to ‘do something’ and that the government’s response will be in our best interest. These calls for action demonstrate not only […] acceptance of #paternalistic government practices, but our demand for more.”

https://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2020/Johnsonpaternalism.html