Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Leftists in education are winning Date:   11/3/2017 12:30:25 PM

Can't just blame the education system.  Parents who see to and provide for their every want and need, who continually tell their kids that they are winners, even when they lose; who hover over them and intercede every time the least thing goes wrong for them have contributed to the problem.  It seems natural to me that they would have no problem with the concept of a government where (theoretically) every need is provided by the government.  That everything would be given to you and you wouldn't have to compete would seem appealing to them.  And if it is reinforced in education, that makes it even more appealing.  

I have no particular problem with a class being taught from a Marxist perspective, because in the past we were taught to think critically - we learned that life was not fair and that it flies in the face of human nature to think that a culture of equal shares and everything provided would be successful.  But since they no longer teach critical thinking - these concepts naturally appeal to those for whom everything has been provided.  

But keep in mind it is not just today's education.  The liberal mindset has always existed in education; it has always been the environment for ivory tower thinking. It hasn't changed much.  I don't remember being taught the cold hard facts about WWII in school - it was only after I left school and did a lot of reading, did I really understand.