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RE: Think of freedom not as a substance, but as an ideal state of social harmony...
If you put it like this, children are the least free in this world. And it's not about parents, but about the state which dictates when to go school, what they need to feel their heads with, what vaccines should they get...
On the other hand, children don't pay taxes and their parents receive all kinds of benefits because of them in many countries.
It's logical that the government tries to give children the idea that they need to be ruled. This happens by the things you point out, like giving them only the option to attend public school and give them vaccines to 'protect' them. It gives children the idea that the government is inherently benevolent and that we can't live without them.
Quite a scary thought.
But as Adam points out in his book, children are paying for our current governments outrageous spending and intrest on the debt. Choices made today will continue to cost many generations to come.