Episode 11: "The child and its enemies" by Emma Goldman

I read an essay by Emma Goldman, "The child and its enemies."  This was written in 1906 as a critique of education, parenting, and society. I figure it would be a good way to follow up the previous episode on authority in education and beyond. Emma Goldman's perspective in this essay, even if it is not true in every circumstance, and even if you don't agree with everything she says, is a perspective that can be found among millions of children everywhere, in schools and beyond. I find that she is simply articulating it in a way that children would not be able to. I would have to ask, then, why so many children would have this perspective, or something like it? Perhaps because there is much truth in what it says. -- Music in this episode: "Hoopla" by Limes