So weird how we (albeit rightfully so) see child neglect as an evil done by the parents, but a landlord’s neglectful inactions leading to the Grenfell tower?

porky-scared-flipped : “Noo, I should not be held responsible! I just made a big oopsie-daisy! Besides, who cares if poors get hurt? MY PROPERTY was damaged! I’m the real victim here!”

Gotta love neo-feudalism, where the rich are both infallible gods we must obey and also poor babies that are never at fault for anything. Oh, porky “didn’t mean it”? Yeah thanks, that totally brings 70 people back to life.

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think it's also worth considering that the people who do support child abuse (and there are sadly too many of them) tend to see children as the private property of the parents.

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Oh yeah, one of the most chilling things I learned growing up is that so many people do not believe in children’s right to anything.

It wasn’t even a political thing, even my conservative grandpa lamented that I didn’t grow up in Brooklyn, and that he learned so much independence in such an environment (unfortunately he was priced out to Ohio lol.)

But seriously, I wish that school did legit teach more to high schoolers that they are going to be adults soon and what that entails.