Indoctrination Disguised as Higher Education
Ideological conformity
Academic conditioning
The open-minded youth
Needing guidance
Offensive viewpoints
Critical appraisal
Questions
Challenges
They’ve renamed them
Hate Speech
The Constitution you say?
Not in the classroom
Censorship
Speech codes
Don’t offend
Or be unorthodox
You’ll be silenced
Then shamed
Rounded up like cattle
Driven away
Ridiculed
In the name of Education
Or indoctrination
Who holds the power?
Not a student one
Reasoning won’t overcome
Passions and paychecks
Funding from someone
Materialism, sexism, feminism
Darwinism, and rationalism
Social studies
Political Correctness
Talking, talking, shouting
No voice but their own
The echoes forever haunting
Once hallowed halls
Where matriculation
Meant challenging the norm
Opinions without bias
Worthwhile learning
No topic taboo
No theory settled
No ridicule
Intellectual gain
Without repercussion
Minds molded
Leaders, Scientists, Teachers
Doctors, Journalists
Indoctrination
Education involves the seeking of facts, and learning about what is the truth, and what is not. Indoctrination is aimed at influencing people to believe in alleged facts, without being able to back up these newfound facts with anything but opinion. Our modern society is quickly migrating from the former to the latter system. When our leaders tell us that climate science is “settled science” and can no longer be debated – that is indoctrination. No scientific discipline has even been settled in the history of the world, so why this one? Education instead encourages differing opinions and theories to be challenged with debates being represented equally by all interested parties. Indoctrination tries bracket problems of only having two solutions – you’re either with me or against me scenario. Religion can be viewed as indoctrination since scientifically, God cannot be proved to exist, but the emotional response to even dare question religion or God is overwhelming.
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So true Ralph of all society, and education the first step in indoctrination. Secondly the media and films, creating false needs and conformity through consumption, and thirdly societal structure and assuming the valued paths of our predecessors. A well thought out and expressed truth of our innate slavery in a society that only cares for those at the top of the pyramid. Kudos
Very well written, Ralph. These truths will echo as more and more people wake up to reality. I really appreciate your author’s note. Great work.
You couldn’t have nailed this one better ! Great insight on the behalf of true enlightenment . Isn’t it amazing how us “uneducated ” can be more open to the world around us ? More open period .Great writing !