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Re:Thoughtcrime by guelo on Monday May 18, 2015 @12:56PM (#9565501)
What you're saying sounds good and is one of the reasons for the creation of public schools. But it also creates an opening for government indoctrination.

Then there's the opposite problem, privatized indoctrination where billionaires like News Corp's Murdoch get to influence millions with his propaganda.

Then the internet was supposed to save us but it turns out people like living in their own indoctrination bubbles and the internet is more than happy to provide it for them.

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Re:Thoughtcrime by geoelectric on Monday May 18, 2015 @01:39PM (#9565760)
Starting out by teaching them to recognize indoctrination would be a good step, then. That's a fairly core part of critical thinking anyway, recognizing bias in the speaker.
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