[lbo-talk] Germany admits enslaving and abusing a generation of children....

[Wojtek S]

[WS:] Such practices were wide spread during the 1950s or 1960s, in Eastern
Europe as well.  Add to it the routine and wide spread abuse of young men in
the compulsory military service.  Or British boarding schools (
http://orwell.ru/library/essays/joys/english/e_joys)

What I find interesting, though, is how their existence is rationalized away
by blaming former political systems, nazim or communism. Consequently, the
problems appear to be confined to a bygone era rather than being a natural
outcome of the "surveiller et punir" mentality that is well, alive and
kicking.

Wojtek

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:26 PM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:


> Foster care practices in post Nazi Germany. (The article does not mention
> east vs west.)
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> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germany-admits-enslaving-and-abusing-a-generation-of-children-2159589.html
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> Joanna
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