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A Modest Proposal: How to Inoculate Your Children Against Capitalism
I recently saw a meme from a conservative and/or libertarian Facebook group about “how to inoculate your kids against socialism.” The basic idea was to pay one child $10 to clean the bathroom, but then take away $7 and give it to the other child who didn’t do anything. Since I considered that a ridiculous suggestion, I thought I would respond in kind.
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How to Inoculate Your Children Against Capitalism*
Teach them how to make friendship bracelets!
But don’t show them where you get the materials or how much they cost. Persuade them to agree to work for you for a tiny amount, regardless of how many bracelets they make. They won’t realize how little they’re making if they’ve never worked a real job before.
Use your social media accounts to post pictures of the kids in funny outfits with various friendship bracelets on. Use those photos to recruit kids from other families into your operation. Pay them even less than what you pay your own children. Make up some excuse about how your…
