there’s a reason why doctors and other first responders are explicitly told to never give false hopes to anyone. humans imagine a future, anticipate the relief etc. and when that turns out to not be true that’s soul crushing. i think we have to apply this to the goddamn kids. stop telling them that they have to be obedient only as kids but adulthood has more freedoms that’s just not true at all. the reason why i’m in a really bad place right now is because my current situation does not meet my expectations due to lies about life after becoming an adult. if people framed things honestly then i wouldnt be half as crushed honestly.
truth is, life does not get better after reaching 18 at all. your parents dont magically change and stop pressuring you into what they want. sure you CAN legally rent and get a job but that doesnt mean you will have the capability to do that. stop selling these kids a future that’s not true or possible.
Children are basically chattel slaves. In that context, by comparison, being an adult can be incredibly liberating.
Being a wage slave is objectively better than a chattel slave.
But that doesn’t mean adults are “free”; just that we are oppressed in different ways.
Some basically are, but there’s a wide variety, from oppression/exploitation to negligent levels of freedom.