(06-24-2018 10:17 AM)umbluegray Wrote:  Manipulation and control of media content is just one tactic.

Control of education is another. Begin propaganda as early in life as possible in the schools and you'll be able to manufacture voters supportive of your policies. And we see a rash of Millennials who think socialism is the way to go. Why, because they've been taught that every day of school throughout their lives.

I don't think it's nearly that simple. Any propaganda is being driven by the communities these public schools reside in and not the education system reformulating the political views of the communities. IMHO, the more concerted effort to adjust political viewpoints occurs on college campuses. Even there, I think it's more limited to the lower value degrees anyways. It's a lot easier to politicize courses linked to the various "_________ Studies" majors, communications and sociology/psychology. IMHO, it's much harder to politicize STEM programs. It can surely be done, but I think it is pretty hard to politicize actual science and math topics. There is no politics in an eigenvector or a laplace transform.