[Philo1962]

Our schools are not generally teaching critical thinking anymore. I am sure it is intentional so that students can be more easily manipulated.

Correction: Our schools are definitely teaching critical thinking, in terms of targeting and attacking Republicans, capitalism, the establishment, the white race (see "critical race theory," "1619 Project"), heteronormative institutions (see "Drag Queen Story Hour") etc. But somehow, Marxism and its precursor, socialism, are exempt from critical thinking.

[Paladin2]

Critical Marx Theory says that Marxists are the oppressors.

[MtnClimber]

I think what you are describing is "Critical Theory" which is a marxist technique to attack the norms of society in order to tear it down.

I was referring to critical thinking - "Critical thinking is a kind of thinking in which you question, analyse, interpret, evaluate and make a judgement about what you read, hear, say, or write. The term critical comes from the Greek word kritikos meaning “able to judge or discern”. Good critical thinking is about making reliable judgements based on reliable information."