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If I was a stasi type organization, knowing what we have learned from the past, I would create my own youth culture. Its ideology would be designed by me. Its l
by swayvil 4y ago
If I was a stasi type organization, knowing what we have learned from the past, I would create my own youth culture. Its ideology would be designed by me. Its leaders would be picked and hired by me. All competitors would be carefully suppressed.
- trelane 4y agoThey did. Soviet and east German governments (and, because communism, also the culture) had a number of official youth groups (e.g. Junge Pioniere and FDJ: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Th%C3%A4lmann_Pioneer_Organisation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Th%C3%A4lmann_Pioneer_Or...)
- swayvil 4y agoAnd we have the boy sprouts. But it's hardly hip and rebellious. A proper youth culture emerges naturally, and mocks the establishment. It is not a contrived appendage of it.
- hutzlibu 4y agoMarxist and fascist youth organisations were designed to use the youthful rebellion - and channel and direct them at their parents. To move them away from them and under the influence of the parties movement.