Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Sergio Martinez
“In the mid-20th century, schools in communist countries were tools of the state. History lessons became hagiographies of the Soviet Union. Math examples were drawn from military production. Even literature bowed to Marxist dogma. But what did all this ideological schooling do to the people who lived through it? Two new studies — one from Finland, the other from Poland — suggest the answer: indoctrination works. Not by making people less intelligent, but by shaping their values, ambitions, and sense of agency. Decades later, it still haunts their lives.” (07/18/25)
https://fee.org/articles/the-long-shadow-of-communist-indoctrination/