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Soph0571

(9,685 posts) Tue Nov 5, 2019, 11:50 AM Nov 2019

Children of the Con

Last edited Tue Nov 5, 2019, 02:57 PM - Edit history (1)

Heh.

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Children of the Con (Original Post) Soph0571 Nov 2019 OP

Does our education system have anything to do with this? Mike 03 Nov 2019 #1

Yes--- jzola Nov 2019 #2

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)

1. Does our education system have anything to do with this?

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2019, 11:55 AM

Nov 2019

I've been thinking about this a lot. I was really lucky and went to a public high school where we actually studied "propaganda" for a unit in a class called Mass Media. We also studied how our government works, etc... Generally, I was fortunate and received a great education thanks to our tax system. I can't imagine someone getting educated at my high school and falling for the gaslighting we're seeing now.

jzola

(158 posts)

2. Yes---

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2019, 02:06 PM

Nov 2019

In the sixties they started smearing what they called Secular Humanism. And now here we are.

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