Actual people who do the work of social reproduction (parents, extended family, teachers, coaches, and other caregivers) tend to see their opinions as creating the particular specific kinds of people that society, as they envision it, requires. They're right, for their own part; it takes years to get a child to internalize the doctrines of private property and wage labor, for example.
History is always written by the powerful and the winners. Of course history books are more propaganda than reality, this is true throughout almost all of the study of history. Some researchers actually pursue the truth via the facts, they are a blessing.
This. Ever read a textbook? Really read between the lines of a textbook and take notes. It's disgusting how much we manipulate young people.
Actual people who do the work of social reproduction (parents, extended family, teachers, coaches, and other caregivers) tend to see their opinions as creating the particular specific kinds of people that society, as they envision it, requires. They're right, for their own part; it takes years to get a child to internalize the doctrines of private property and wage labor, for example.
History is always written by the powerful and the winners. Of course history books are more propaganda than reality, this is true throughout almost all of the study of history. Some researchers actually pursue the truth via the facts, they are a blessing.