rant · moment 24 of 24
Kids as Apprentices Instead of School, and Institutionalizing Problem People
from Secret Service Sloped Roof Party | The Tim Dillon Show #401 · #401
4 min
He proposes putting kids to work in apprenticeships instead of school, tells a story about his grandfather working near a mental institution on Ward Island, and argues society needs to institutionalize dangerous people regardless of age.
- Tim proposes kids skip school and gain real-world experience working at places like Madison Square Garden in unions instead.
- He argues we don't need kids learning as much anymore given AI and automation, and should lower expectations for their future success.
- Parents' only reasonable expectation should be that their child doesn't become a fentanyl-hazed killer—not that they have a better life than their parents.
- Tim describes the solution as finding a nice prison where kids can be institutionalized and everyone feels good about it.
- His grandfather worked on Ward Island, a mental institution in the East River, where the wailing of inmates became background noise during construction work.
- Sometimes it's good to put people in a place where their day is planned and they can't get out, Tim argues.
- Age doesn't matter when dealing with problem kids murdering other kids—these are societal problems that have to be dealt with.
- Adults are becoming the new kids while kids are becoming violent psychopaths; adults are so traumatized they sit in rooms playing with figurines instead.
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