Seems very much like indoctrination to get kids to “fall in line” and enforced conformity, to try to remove independent thinking.

I’ve always hated the idea of that. What do you think about it?

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      So you want everyone in society to be rogue and fuck the system that keeps things moving? I will never understand this mindset dude.

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        “If we don’t force everyone to wear the same clothes the fabric of society will collapse!”

        Is that what you’re saying?

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          Tbf, it is about as valid as saying school uniforms are part of a plot to make us all slaves.

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            It really isn’t. You don’t think our near total control of the ability of children to make decisions about their lives has any effect on how they behave when they get older? Nor that this enforced system of obedience has intended consequences on those children when they become adults?

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              I think school uniforms don’t. It is incredibly difficult to move the needle on, for example, math test scores. This is something we actually care about, and which we dump billions of dollars per year into with essentially no improvement in results. If it is that hard to get kids to learn math, I doubt there is any significant effect of saying “hey, wear this shirt”.