• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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    3 months ago

    Meanwhile six year olds in Japan take the train and/or subway to school all alone, 12 year olds in vietnam ride electric scooters on 60 kph roads to get to school, and I met a chinese 16 year old crossing vietnam by motorbike all by himself.

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      3 months ago

      All of these things happen in the US too. This country is massive and incredibly varied.

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        3 months ago

        I’m american lol no the fuck you don’t see 6 year olds taking public transit by themselves. My nephew’s school won’t even let 11 year olds walk home by themselves.

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            3 months ago

            Shitty rich people have sued most public schools into absurd levels of restriction. Its a nightmare when idiots are allowed to pay to be told they are legally correct by another idiot in a black robe.