I've had multiple people mad at me for calling those things creepy stalker on the shelf. I'll get answers like "they need to believe in something magical." Yes that exact quote before. Crazy parents of social media.
If Santa Claus is an allegory for God, and the Elf on a Shelf is a proxy for Santa, then the elf is an agent of a higher power that monitors your behavior in order to render judgment.
Whether or not this is good or bad depends on implementation. Ideally, the elf would be used as a temporary training aid and a visible reminder, reinforcing a moral code that the child should follow at all times, especially when no one is watching.
Unfortunately, the temporary seems to have been lost, and now the young believe they need an actual minder as they themselves are unable to maintain an acceptable moral standard.
Same. I never liked 'em from the start. I was a kid when they were first being sold and I remember getting into a few rows with my sister and brother-in-law when they started using them for their kids. This was right in the middle of the Iraq/Afghanistan wars and I was aware of and leery of government surveillance even at that age so the parallels seemed obvious to me.
I'll get answers like "they need to believe in something magical.
They just have a lot more polarity. There's good reason to believe by the numbers they won't be any worse than millennials, maybe even a bit better (obviously not a high bar). But the crazies will be even crazier.
I think you'd be underestimating the polarities gen z and late-millenials have been exposed to with regards to how questions tend to be framed and loaded including this one if you thought this was some face value assessment of any ond person's view of personal liberties. In essence, the way this is framed is that being opposed is synonymous with supporting abuse, and immediately becomes an accusation that lowers social capital. That 33% has been conditioned think the two are interchangeable when asked this question.
Ergo, the real question is "Would you relinquish your privacy to end abuse? Do you value your privacy more than battered women?". The figure of 33% should surprise no one.
Leftists are children that never grew up and constantly want an adult (government) to be their caretaker, provider, and security.
Remember those Elf on a Shelf toys? They've been priming the zoomers from the start.
I've had multiple people mad at me for calling those things creepy stalker on the shelf. I'll get answers like "they need to believe in something magical." Yes that exact quote before. Crazy parents of social media.
If Santa Claus is an allegory for God, and the Elf on a Shelf is a proxy for Santa, then the elf is an agent of a higher power that monitors your behavior in order to render judgment.
Whether or not this is good or bad depends on implementation. Ideally, the elf would be used as a temporary training aid and a visible reminder, reinforcing a moral code that the child should follow at all times, especially when no one is watching.
Unfortunately, the temporary seems to have been lost, and now the young believe they need an actual minder as they themselves are unable to maintain an acceptable moral standard.
Goes for those horrible GPS stalkers too. Either a kid has earned the ability to move about unsupervised or not.
Same. I never liked 'em from the start. I was a kid when they were first being sold and I remember getting into a few rows with my sister and brother-in-law when they started using them for their kids. This was right in the middle of the Iraq/Afghanistan wars and I was aware of and leery of government surveillance even at that age so the parallels seemed obvious to me.
I never heard that argument, but as to that, we already have Santa. In fact, his presence is quite apparent every Christmas.
Would you prefer fake complacency?
OMG Guiz! Zoomers are so BASED and RED-PILLED!
Generation Zyklon!
Our greatest allies along with Taylor Swift and Scott Adams!
They just have a lot more polarity. There's good reason to believe by the numbers they won't be any worse than millennials, maybe even a bit better (obviously not a high bar). But the crazies will be even crazier.
Brown shirt generation.
The new red guard, more like. Especially since the CCP is doing everything they can to push this shit too.
I think you'd be underestimating the polarities gen z and late-millenials have been exposed to with regards to how questions tend to be framed and loaded including this one if you thought this was some face value assessment of any ond person's view of personal liberties. In essence, the way this is framed is that being opposed is synonymous with supporting abuse, and immediately becomes an accusation that lowers social capital. That 33% has been conditioned think the two are interchangeable when asked this question.
Ergo, the real question is "Would you relinquish your privacy to end abuse? Do you value your privacy more than battered women?". The figure of 33% should surprise no one.
It will not be done directly by the government, but by the Adtech Cartels, and Gen Z'ers will pay for the privilege buying the devices themselves.
The data will be then silently transferred to the FBI, CIA, NSA, DHS through secretly rubber stamped FISA warrants.
This is already in progress.
At least one third of gen z is retarded.
Alot of people do. How many here support goverbment surveying your internet usage to watch pedophiles? İm willing to bet almost everyone.
Makes sense given how many of them view the world through a camera lens.
The fruits of fatherlessness.