When the USSR collapsed in late 80's/90's documents were recovered. Outlining this cold-war strategy. The seeds were planted back in the 50's and 60s. Even though communism fell America's enemies have continued to capitalize on the benefits.
here's a funny thought what area of democratic life is more authoritarian than education. It's the only part of life virtually everyone is forced to go through. When I was a kid they were forced to talk about the Soviet union George Washington and shit so they had to give a democratic message in that authoritarian environment.Once the inter age came about the only way teachers could get kids attention in an authoritarian class structure was gin people up on oppression
In every other facet of life you're a conscentkng adult who enlists applies purchases etc.
This truth use to be limited to grade schools. But now that behavior has been upgraded to the university world. Of course they want to tell 20 year olds how to fuck date talk. The people who thrive in academia are the people who gleefully wish to spend their lives in a totalitarian environment.
The real cancerous shit is that education is no longer a meritocracy, now dumb people get to be part of the system. It use to be the stupid who obstructed useless knowitalls but now they've bought in.