Investing massive amounts of care and interest in to fake characters and products controlled by rich strangers was really stupid
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As someone who will hopefully be doing this soon ... how do you protect your kids from being manipulated by all the bullshit without completely removing your entire family from society and living off the grid in the woods?
No clue. My oldest just started school and it scares me. I'll try to be vigilant and hope that the kids will trust my judgment. Best thing I can think of is be a good parent, be active in their education and teach them to be thankful for what they have, be respectful to others, do not be lazy and take responsibility.
My working idea is that if the kids grow up to be hard working and responsible then they will not be ok with others getting ahead without having to work hard. Also have debates with them on things like climate change, slavery, communism, victimhood as virtue, effects of feminism on the happiness of women, the roles of men and women thru out history, the importance of family and gender politics. This is one of the reason I spend a lot of time online, getting arguments and points of view. Even if the kids do get indoctrinated at least they are going to be exposed to other points of view and if need be they can defend the other side even if they do not.
Early on, I was not a fan of Trump but I was ending up defending him because the critics of him were incredibly disingenuous. Up to the point I was, fuck it I'm pro Trump now.