In this episode, Kevin explores the history of kid cities, a series of fake miniature towns in which children can role-play as adults. Why do these exist, an...
  • ace_garp@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    At the 41:00 min mark, the idea of setting up a kids police-force, in the theme-park, to arrest other kids has the obvious outcome, planting evidence and abuse of power.

    It’s a re-play of the discouraged 1968 “Blue eyes/Brown eyes” discrimination exercise.

    It is usually dangerous to deputise children against eachother, and can quickly devolve into a Lord of the Flies scenario.

    A quality in-depth video into ‘Kid Cities’.