CrocodilloBombardino

Dom/sub is not hierarchy, it’s a consensual relationship between people.

Hierarchy is an institutional set of involuntary command/control relationships

Don’t pose these two things as a tradeoff. Protecting kids means a habitable planet and a world in which we protect them from predatory behavior. Also it’s really about surveillance, not protection.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/unraveling-the-colorful-history-of-why-girls-wear-pink-and-boys-wear-blue-1370097/

It’s basically because gender rules and sexism were being pushed onto children at an ever younger age.

There’s noting natural or eternal about it, it reflects prevailing biases in society.

You could lazily ask that question or you can actually read about how anarchist and communist societies are formed and destroyed (hint: often by outside armies when theyve only just begun). Capitalism clearly doesn’t work for anyone but the rich & powerful, so we need to try something different. No one has The One True Answer, we have to build the new world starting from where we are.

I agree that social democracy would be a big improvement over the terribly cruel form of capitalism we have today. I would make further changes than just that, but we can choose not to fight each other at least until we get that far. Organize together instead of infighting.

also, spacegulls