Factory? Hell nah, we home brew in this household

High school aged children definitely can understand the concept. I would argue middle school aged children can as well.

High school aged children are well known to be complete and utter dumbasses, especially when it comes to making mistakes who’s consequences are abstract and long-term in nature. Punishment by social superiors is oftentimes the only thing preventing them from doing idiotic things, because their brains are not developed enough to think very far into the future. And even then, proper impulse control is one of the last things a developing brain develops, so they might understand the issues but be psychologically incapable of the self-control needed for it. Not to mention, social media apps are designed by psychology experts in Silicon Valley to be as addictive and distracting as possible, since that’s how you get people to use your app. Having those in your pocket, when you’re too young and dumb to understand the consequences of overusing it, and can’t even exercise self control when they’re pointed out to you? It would be irresponsible for us adults to continue allowing it.

Again, if the parents are worried the kids are spending too long on their phones they can do something about it, not the gov.

Parents aren’t worried about this, and that’s the root of the problem. If the school system does nothing about it, then the kids will just end up addicted to TikTok and completely unprepared for the world on account of being distracted in class. Their parents aren’t going to do anything about it until it’s too late.

What am i not comprehending? You implied that researching Thailand would “update my worldview”, when I merely mentioned cultural preferences and better amenities. Researching Thai culture would not make one like it any better than Japanese culture nor would it eliminate the fact that Thailand is a poor country with poor amenities, especially if you’re moving to a rural village.

Also if you can’t handle the word “fuck”, then you might consider getting off the Internet.

The thing about adopting the “live and let live” philosophy with children is that children are psychologically incapable of understanding the consequences of their actions, or exercising proper impulse control. If their parents have failed them then it is the moral obligation of the rest of society to make up for it.

Why the fuck would researching Thailand suddenly make me like their culture and amenities any better than Japan’s

I was a high schooler last year and by this standard, every single one of my classmates’ parents are complete failures, including mine. Not that I disagree, but clearly we can’t trust the parents to do anything about this.

what if you like Japanese culture and first world amenities

i am going to declare the Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2018 to be unconstitutional

so what happens when republicans take back the Senate and the presidency and then add like 10 conservative justices to balance out the liberal ones

Because he’s a degenerate scam artist who influences young men to do things which are harmful for society. Society needs standards.

Please if he helps young men go to the gym and improve mental health then what’s the problem

That’s not what Andrew Tate did. Andrew Tate tells men that they are worthless unless they’re wealthy, strong, and promiscuous like him, and then extracts money from them so they can attend his “hustle university” and learn surface-level Investipedia knowledge from a moderator on the Andrew Tate discord server.

People like this should absolutely be ostracized. Being mistreated by society does not give any of us an excuse to be fucking stupid.

I don’t give a shit, Andrew Tate is not how you solve this issue.

Who are you to say he is a bad role model?

Andrew Tate’s entire schtick is being a misogynistic chimpanzee wearing the skin of a man and bragging about how wealthy and sexually successful he is. Anybody who believes this manchild to be a good role model ought to be treated as a laughingstock, much like the man himself. Andrew Tate and people like him capturing the minds of the youth, or young people living a meaningless and depressive existence with no role models or aspirations at all, has direct negative effects on society, and therefore me as well. Therefore, I will continue to tell people to stop following shitty role models like him and to get good ones, because I wanna live in a society where people actually have standards for how they conduct themselves, instead of a society dominated by people like Andrew Tate.

If men have no positive role models and no framework through which to interact with their emotions and their place in the world, they will find horrible role models like Andrew Tate and come up with crude and self-serving frameworks through which to view the world. Since people find religion cringe for some reason nowadays, personal philosophy and virtue ethics are now our only good option.

Microplastics are the new lead, and screens are the new tobacco, in my opinion. Overuse of sugar in processed foods is the new version of how they’d cut food with inedible stuff like sawdust back in the day.

You’re literally a communist, you don’t get to speak to anyone else about respect or having a backbone. Your specialty, as shown in this comment section, is twisting others’ words and running from your prior statements. Now, if you’ll excuse me, it’s two hours until midnight and you’ve proven yourself not worth speaking to. I like to stay off social media on Sundays. If you are ready to engage in good faith discussion and apologize for your statements about non-whites come Monday, then we can continue this conversation then. Goodnight, and I hope you can become an adult someday.

It is an easily discernable fact that western nations who value inclusion, democracy, economic freedom, property rights, and tolerance are more moral than countries like Russia, who value none of those things. This is also visible when America wages war. America makes painstaking efforts to avoid civilian casualties even when enemy action makes it exceedingly difficult to do so, especially in modern times, and that’s why only 46k civilians died in Afghanistan. America’s war was also justified because we were attacked first, but you seem to think Al-Qaeda’s attack on a civilian target was justified because of the acts of America’s government, and it doesn’t take a genius to figure out what other atrocities you believe are justified by your own logic.

Meanwhile, Russia is systematically raping Ukraine and Russia’s predecessor, the Soviet Union, killed or exiled a third of Afghanistan’s population. Numerous genocides and ethnic cleansings were also committed in service of the Russian ethnic group by the USSR, and another one is ramping up in Ukraine as we speak.

Note that Russia is also white, meaning that there is no racial dimension to this. You brought whiteness into this, and you have exposed what you really think about non-whites when you stated that being moral is a trait of the white man. Your obsession with me being a fascist or a white supremacist is merely projection meant to obscure your own beliefs.

Sir, you literally said that non-whites being moral people means that they are acting white. I gave you several chances to explain yourself, but you doubled down. The only white supremacist in this comment section is you.

Also who the fuck is Clyde?

I appreciate the honesty. You are clearly either a troll or a red fascist. I sincerely hope that you go outside and speak to some non-white people so that your opinions on them can be proven wrong through experience. I sincerely hope that, one way or another, you stop spouting this garbage about morality being a characteristic of the white man. Preferably by becoming an adult. Throughout history there have been many cases of non-whites being more upstanding than their white peers, and some of the most upstanding people I have met and come to look up to are non-white. Every race and ethnic group has people who behave immorally, but the vast majority of them are just as upstanding as you and I. Simply speak to them and you shall understand this.

Aaaaaaaaand - you’re a rabid white supremacist, Clyde… or would you prefer me to use the term “western chauvinist”?

Explain what the fuck you meant or I’ll assume all this white supremacist talk is just your fucking projection. You implying that non-whites are either immoral or “acting white” is an unforgivable insult to my non-white friends and family, and all upstanding people everywhere.

Why? Is the current levels of rape, torture and murder in Saudi Arabia not enough for you, fascism-boi?

Nah, such a beautiful country simply deserves better than the House of Saud.

Can’t let a jungle get in the way of white supremacist murder-sprees, can we?

Actually, the murder-spree was anti-communist, significant difference

So, again… it’s just fascist fantasy and nothing else. Your “tribalism” only exists in your right-wing ideology-addled head and nowhere else.

Get back to me when you’ve studied a little bit of psychology

Come now… tell us why you believe the KKK is merely “misunderstood.” We know you want to.

Oh hell nah, I want you explain why the fuck you think being moral means someone is acting white. Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you?