CRT is depicted as indoctrinating children into oppressor-oppressed revolutionary politics.
Evidence
The largest and most strategic group of people in the world, he observed, are children between the ages of four and fourteen, the stage of life at which most people form their religious identities. “Every major movement in history has grasped the need to target the next generation in order to advance its agenda and secure its legacy into the future,” wrote Dr. Wess Stafford, president of the youth-focused ministry Compassion International, in the introduction to the book. “Political movements (like Nazism and Communism) trained legions of children with the goal of carrying their agenda beyond the lifetimes of their founders. World religions have done the same with the systematic indoctrination of their young—even the Taliban places great emphasis on recruiting children.” — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 989 (
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In order to carry out the revolution, revolutionary leaders undoubtedly require the adherence of the people. When leaders who constitute a contradiction to the people seek this adherence, and find rather a certain aloofness and mistrust, they often regard this reaction as indicating an inherent defect on the part of the people. They interpret a certain historical moment of the people’s consciousness as evidence of their intrinsic deficiency. Since the leaders need the adherence of the people so that the revolution can be achieved (but at the same time mistrust the mistrustful people), they are tempted to utilize the same procedures used by the dominant elites to oppress. Rationalizing their lack of confidence in the people, the leaders say that it is impossible to dialogue with the people before taking power, thus opting for the antidialogical theory of action. Thenceforward—just like the dominant elites—they try to conquer the people: they become messianic; they use manipulation and carry out cultural invasion. By advancing along these paths, the paths of oppression, they will not achieve revolution; or if they do, it will not be authentic revolution. — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 528 (
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Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Religious-right strategists target children aged four to fourteen for indoctrination — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 989; Revolutionary leaders who mistrust the people become oppressors themselves — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 528; Deep childhood psychodynamic conflicts drive people toward conservative politics. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2278 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Religious-right strategists target children aged four to fourteen for indoctrination
#expands(0.95) — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 989 - Reactionary discourse frames revolutionary politics as pathological sexuality.
#expands(0.90) - Revolutionary leaders who mistrust the people become oppressors themselves
#complicates(0.85) — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 528 - Deep childhood psychodynamic conflicts drive people toward conservative politics.
#complicates(0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2278 - Harsh child-rearing produces an authoritarian personality supporting discriminatory politics.
#complicates(0.80) — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 450