Comment by cogman10

> This seems like hyperbole.

It's not, there are multiple historical examples of societies, including the US, that place a low value on human life.

Heck, you'll even find comments in this thread talking about how important it is to cut funding to the useless eaters... errr undeserving masses.

Current US society isn't that bad, however, there is a significant population of people that see no problems with things like child labor and completely privatizing education (and everything else for that matter).

> I don't think the US treats any children as disposable refuse, no matter how dissatisfied you are with the current system, I'm certain that isn't the intent.

I never said the current US policies treat kids that way. I do, however, see some disturbing rhetoric throughout this thread about how we spend to much time/money/effort on individuals the commenters deem as worthless.