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AlabasterBones
  On 8/24/2022 at 8:08 PM, Supersonic said:

Prime example of dangerous half-truths. Yes, childhood was invented in the 18th century when industrialization took place in Europe.

It wasn't because they wanted to sell parents expensive ****, it was because they realized that literal 4 years olds cannot operate complex machinery to manufacture goods. Children were WORKING the same jobs as their parents regularly caused disasters where multiple people DIED. On top of that, making a child work like an adult stifles their physical and mental development, which sharply increased death rates of the youngins. The invention of childhood was an act of self-perservance (but also, of course motivated by up and coming capitalism, factory owners want to keep labour forces alive & profitable and not destroying products that are worth a fortune)

Selling expensive sh*t to parents is a much newer development that happened a lot later (starting in the cold war) because of America's tendency to go apesh*t with capitalism and how they love forcing their cultural norms & values on every country they possibly can under the guise of "bringing in wealth" and "modernization". 

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I love thag I joined this site just so I could defend my beloved ARTPOP from the slander and now I’m getting history lessons. I’m here for it. The more you know. 😭

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Supersonic
  On 8/24/2022 at 8:14 PM, Discoshtick said:

I love thag I joined this site just so I could defend my beloved ARTPOP from the slander and now I’m getting history lessons. I’m here for it. The more you know. 😭

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Like... I appreciate the sentiment and I share some of the feelings. But if you wanna do socialist agitprop, stick to the truth.  :messga:

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AlabasterBones
  On 8/24/2022 at 8:18 PM, Supersonic said:

Like... I appreciate the sentiment and I share some of the feelings. But if you wanna do socialist agitprop, stick to the truth.  :messga:

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My agitprop could mean anything....?

 

lol no, I just had to google what that word meant cause yeah no idea. TEACH ME MORE! 

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Wolf Boy

I see she’s the next imbecile the twitter gays are going to make famous by “yassing” all her pointless endeavours. 

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nATAH
  On 8/24/2022 at 9:06 PM, Wolf Boy said:

I see she’s the next imbecile the twitter gays are going to make famous by “yassing” all her pointless endeavours. 

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phantasmas
  On 8/24/2022 at 8:12 PM, Mirrion Rizzons said:

I learnt this in sociology. few years back 

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was this true across all societies or just European ones? :oprah: 

i would love to read up more on this, tbh

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Mirrion Rizzons
  On 8/24/2022 at 9:34 PM, phantasmas said:

was this true across all societies or just European ones? :oprah: 

i would love to read up more on this, tbh

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A lot of societies! It's interesting because the parent-child bond was nothing like it is today. Children were viewed as mini adults, purely and extension of the family working unit, especially due to the industrial revolution and the high infant mortality rates (aka. more offspring/children, but less of a bond with the children you have). 

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