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There are multiple possible outcomes - one is that you will teach people to properly compartmentalize what they say in the family/among friends from what they s
by m4rtink 5y ago
There are multiple possible outcomes - one is that you will teach people to properly compartmentalize what they say in the family/among friends from what they say in public/in school.
Actually, coming from Czech Republic, this was the norm when the communist party was still in power - it was clear that you had to say different things (or rather, not to say certain things) in public from what you could talk about with family and close trusted friends.
Children have been taught this from young age, resulting in adults being to do this compartmentalization almost automatically. No wonder, it was a survival skill basically - you never know who could be an informant or just opportunist to use any anti-party things you say against you for personal gain.
Its actually quite interesting to see people who don't come from this background and actually say what they really think in the public! ;-)