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8 year old kids gets told they're wrong and their elder is right because their elder is older isn't a convincing argument to an 8 year old. if the elder is claiming 1+1=3, saying they're right because they're an elder, and elder deserves respect, the lesson is going to translate into elders are idiots and as soon as they 8 year old gets their own job and a place, they're not going to respect anyone in a position of authority over them because their assumption is that that is how the rest of the world works - that people in positions of authority are only ever "right". That is, they're automatically wrong or lying about something. Sometimes they are! But the lesson that 8 year old kid learned is an unhealthy distrust of authority rather than a healthy distrust of authority.