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"Most parents want their children to be far left in their early years"
- tokenadult 18y agoFrom the article: "After all, most parents want their children to be far left in their early years" It figures that the authors mentioned in the article are professors of American studies and English and not professors of economics or political science or history someone else who would understand what "far left" means.
- yummyfajitas 18y agoFrom the article: "After all, most parents want their children to be far left in their early years — to share toys, to eschew the torture of siblings, to leave a clean environment behind them, to refrain from causing the extinction of the dog, to rise above coveting and hoarding, and to view the blandishments of corporate America through a lens of harsh skepticism." I'm not really sure how any of these are even left wing values, let alone far left. My best guess: the authors of the book are part of the far left (most academics are, particularly outside the sciences) and believe that conservatives are evil racist sociopaths. Therefore, anything teaching children how to play well with others is left wing.
- run4yourlives 18y agoCan someone please explain to these people that the "center" of American politics is nowhere close to the center of political thought of the world as a whole? Once you understand that, the whole argument falls apart.