Classism, the biggest cause for warfare, poverty, and Taylor Swift. A system completely ingrained into the fabric of detrimental societies with the purpose of eliminating the “less than”. This creed guarantees the existence of a demographic one can blame their problems on without reflecting on their own behaviors. It promotes the idea you can treat those who have less than you worse than animals. Slowly and surely, violence will ensue against the “less-thans” and cause massacres across world. The untouchables in India; the metaphorical red and green colors in North Korea; and the entrance to swanky nightclubs are just a few examples of this despotic ideology. 

But, how do children turn into material girls? Parents teach their children these rules and where they fall within these specifications, as well as the populations of those who don’t. Students will go through their life polarizing those who don’t conform to these specifications. Children will see those who only wear Kirkland and associate them as the “poors”. They will ostracize these victims until they start contemplating theft to fit in with the Pumped Up Kids. Gradually cementing a hierarchy of “less-thans” and authoritative “elites”. 

However, putting the elementary aged brood in school uniforms allows children to ignore these hateful patterns. Those who are more privileged won’t be able to enunciate how much wealthier they are than those who are forced to eat Arby’s; negating the powers of peacocking. No one will truly know how “elite” a classmate is because everyone wears the same school uniform. Sure, poverty is a systemic issue needing to be addressed at every structural level, incapable of being changed because you have a pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps personality, but when everyone has to wear one outfit at an early stage of life it prevents them from making dangerous assumptions about their cohorts. They are forced to understand other younglings on a personal level, providing an insight on their character not their financial status. 

Having children relate to those facing this oppression will emphasize the need for communal augmentation, too. They will realize how important it is for everyone to be placed on equal footing because this means actual gumption is what is valued and not the lavish background one is involuntarily birthed into. Everyone will want to be their best self and not participate in a discriminatory system. It won’t create blind subordination; it will allow conformity to flourish. Children will want everyone to be placed on the same pedestal, creating a sense of equality among future adults. People will want to embrace the most positive aspects of the world and oppose the harmful oppression of loved ones. Societies will enforce progressive ideas and want to guarantee everyone is winning the game; not just an “elite” few who hold the fish at the end of the hook, forever out-of-reach to those carrying them around. 

Additionally, children are the most innocent individuals within every society. Kids allow us to relive nostalgic joy and be our best selves. They keep us happy and excited about what the future holds. When we erase the little details of a classist hierarchy, we are left with the fact our time is short and needs to be as enjoyed as much as possible. Why focus on obtaining an imaginary form of currency or impractical objects if we don’t have much time to live? This promise—everyone dying—-will persuade children to look at the long-term goals, not the immediate gratification of a paycheck. No one will see the ending of this planet, let alone the universe. We will just cease to exist and only our legacy will be standing. What will truly remain is how much better you made your community. Sure, there are going to be consumers of KFC who will want to limit others’ joy, but this should be put to a stop immediately. Once children understand life isn’t forever, the next phase of global jubilation will begin. How does school uniforms play into this? Were these kids to truly understand the message being conveyed, their next step in evolution is clear: child assassins. They have silently fostered the power to blend in with their environment and pinpoint identities needing to be stopped, it’s only logical this would be their next step in humanity’s progress. 

When everyone is the same, invisibility is truly capable. When everyone is the same, no one can cause problems for our neighborhoods. When everyone is the same, pretentious individuality abusing self-worth will be stopped. Communal discord doesn’t just promote individualism, but encourages dissenters to initiate insurrections. These skills the young ones foster and perfect will maximize their intellect of identity politics. Their prowess as chameleons secures our existence’s mission: stopping hate with coordinated love.  

Kony was on to something, he just possessed complicated PR. Yes, we’re all equal humans, no one is better than another, but those who wish to regress into a society of bigotry will only worsen how we live our lives. We won’t be focused on having fun but how we can take away others’ happiness. Children have malleable brains, they’ll be able to easily understand the positives toward practical violence. For one, it’ll prevent intolerance from becoming the norm, as well as avoid the death of those who did nothing ethically wrong. Those who wish to ignorantly harm others are already promoting the eradication of populations “worthy” of this dessecration. Why shouldn’t the side with only love in their heart do the same? Without an equal force against hatred, the next KKK would slowly rise to power. Children are our future, let’s start guaranteeing we win.  

School uniforms are meant to show the cruciality of blending in with everyone else, but the deep education highlighting societally beneficial convictions will foster a progressive society. The love they hold for those who are the same as them—nothing more, nothing less—will push them to do what’s right. These child assassins will become friends and lovers of those their parents’ hateful views denigrate. This lesson on equality being taught to children at an early age will guarantee a seamless extermination of those who wish to do our society harm—familial or stranger. 

School uniforms teach us equality and progressiveness above everything else. It opposes the flashiness of designer clothing and financial bragging. Equality is kindness, hope, and power. Without these characteristics being built into the DNA of our being, there is no one capable of stopping hate with love. Prevent your children from hating one another; influence them to be the change you wished you could have been. Make the world a better place one repetitive outfit at a time.