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No. That's dumb, especially if you're trying to overturn the whole of humanity's existence to achieve things that do no good.

Ahhh - there is the conundrum. Replace one tyrannical system with another, is that what you are saying? Contrary to what you are saying (and possible believe) the solution to overturning the whole of humanity is to promote EACH individual following their own instincts. And ONLY their own thoughts/beliefs. Because without this approach, you become a slave in ANY system. Independent thought is the solution you seek. “I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” ― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

DYOR

Assumption: reason is inherent and will never degrade 🥲🫠

Uh, no. No tyrannical systems at all. I don't want to turn over the whole of humanity as had been done by said tyrannical systems over the past century or so. Everything that has happened from the top down has been done to undermine our body, mind, and soul. It us up to individuals to realize this, then to take action with others who have come to the same conclusion. This is the opposite of tyranny. I agree with you that independent thought is the solution, but not at the expense of turning away from what should be a healthy way for humans to live. You can independently come to believe that eating sand is the right way for humans to live, and you will die. Independence of thought doesn't equal correctness.

I gotcha. But with independence comes mistakes. We have 5 kids - never a curfue or 'rules' - we ALWAYS said, "You do what you think is best, and if you are not sure, be sure to ask (or you many lose your car if you mess up)!" Absolutely - independence does not equal correctness, but you have to give people the ability to make mistakes (and if it's your kids is SO HARD). Our youngest is 21 this year, oldest 2 girls are Chemical Engineers, then a teacher/business owner, then two boy Engineers (Materials and Electrical). So instilling this independent thought, and then shutting up when they made non-life threatening mistakes, was critical to their success. Which is critical to all our success! I guess we were on the same page to start! :-)

That's a very wise way to raise kids. I applaud you! Meant of the things being imposed on others these days is preventing people, not just kids, groom learning the hard way through mistakes. And that is really not good long term.

Most of my reasoning is about understanding what the fuck my intuition just told me