I want to believe that the kids mentioned in posts like this are playing along with their parents' delusions so they don't have to sit through another lecture about how the Federal Reserve is a Ponzi scheme and they're chemtrailing us with fluoride.

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 41 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Unfortunately I believed the whole states rights thing until at least early highschool but I'm actually not sure exactly where that ended. My childhood memories are full of holes and every time I manage to remember something I wish I hadn't so I mostly just leave them alone now.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I wanted to dismantle the state for a socialist ideal in at least middle school. I didn't like punk until freshmen year of high school though, so we all go through changes even if my politics have mostly stayed the same.

Edit: thinking back on it I remember having an anticapitalist moment in 5th grade, Miss Hill's class so we'll scale that back to elementary school.

[–] indepndnt@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have a similar story. I'm glad you grew up, and I hope adulthood is treating you well!

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yeah I like the guy who was like "well I was a socialist in the fifth grade!" yeah I wasn't raised by actual neo-nazis but I was raised in their territory by people who only disagreed with the actual overtly violent parts so good for you do you want a fucking sticker?

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

They brought in a special teacher for my AP US history, straight from the Masonic lodge i figure.

Made the usual teacher, a liberal guy, take a sabatical year.

Thanks secret government assholes.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Dude, kids believe in magic.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

i genuinely question this idea, i certainly never believed in magic.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's awesome. I have a formative memory as like a 10 year old putting on a magic play for 5 year olds, and our teacher told us that little kids believe in magic and it turned out to be true because they believed what we were doing

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Haha you reminded me of a video of some poor young teen having to film his mother making chemtrails disappear by spraying a bottle of vinegar at them.

He was so unenthused.

Edit: I can't find it. My guess it was obv taken down .

[–] Ithral@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean technically the federal reserve is a ponzi scheme they charge interest on money printed requiring more money to be paid back than they printed. Ergo there isn't enough print money in existence to pay them back.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Regular economic thinking doesn't work on the scale of nations. Just like a family having debt is not the same thing as a country having debt.

Pretty much everyone in the world has no full idea how an economy works and how to best stimulate it. It's like a trillion moving parts and smart asses always go "yea this pin over here? That's the one that's the problem / solution"

Pretty much no-one knows. We have ideas what's better / worse but anyone who tells you they've got it figured out, is lying.