Maybe it’s not such a tragedy that children are being exposed to this scam at an early age - many of them will “get” it and become conservatives.
I don't see it that way. It becomes a part of them. Look at the PARENTS. They've been dumbed down too in most situations. It's HARD to turn around a WRONG MINDSET when you are EMOTIONALLY conditioned to believe this WRONG MIND SET is good. Look how long it took East Germany to come around.
A lot of kids are "getting it". My son came home after taking a PSAT test yesterday. He's a sophomore, so it's basically for practice, since the test that counts for merit scholarships is taken in their junior year. He told me that the girl sitting next to him gave up on the math portion of the test after about 2 questions (out of ~25). I asked whether it looked like she was just struggling or ill. He said that it looked to him like she just couldn't be bothered. It didn't matter how she did. She was in a targeted minority group, and she was used to getting everything given to her.
Our older son is a senior, so we're in the midst of the college application process. I've been totally disgusted with how the colleges cater to minorities. The schools are falling all over themselves to attract minorities and throw money at them. It makes their numbers look good.
It's very frustrating to see this when your children have worked their tails off in difficult classes year after year. I just keep reminding them both that ultimately what they learn is theirs to keep and nobody can take knowledge from them. Somewhere in the world it will be valued. I hope it will be here.