Thomas Sowell summarised it perfectly in his book, "The Vision of the Annointed".
Universities have become indoctrination centers not only for rhetorical assertions over facts and logic, but incubators of hubris as well. As such, most of these students go into the real world with a holy vision of utopia which they continue to revere and pursue despite all evidence proving such a ideal to be disastorous to the human condition.
Had a job that put me into a socialist country for a couple years - very quickly cured me of any left leaning tendencies.
In my next job, I had liberals calling me a liar when I shared my experiences. I would say "I don't care what you believe, I'm only telling you what happened to me, and the people I lived with". Some people thought visiting a country made them experts on it, and you couldn't possibly learn more by actually living there.
I know I have said it before but I know a LOT of people who lived under communism, even married to one, the stories and experiences you hear will either teach you something new or will confirm what you already read about from non-mainstream sources.
Thomas Sowell summarised it perfectly in his book, "The Vision of the Annointed".
Universities have become indoctrination centers not only for rhetorical assertions over facts and logic, but incubators of hubris as well. As such, most of these students go into the real world with a holy vision of utopia which they continue to revere and pursue despite all evidence proving such a ideal to be disastorous to the human condition.
Also, add Vietnam to the list. Know lots of based Vietnamese folks whose families fled (many with only their lives) when Saigon fell.
10th year undegrad...KEK
I liked that too.
Had a job that put me into a socialist country for a couple years - very quickly cured me of any left leaning tendencies.
In my next job, I had liberals calling me a liar when I shared my experiences. I would say "I don't care what you believe, I'm only telling you what happened to me, and the people I lived with". Some people thought visiting a country made them experts on it, and you couldn't possibly learn more by actually living there.
I present this in case you missed it.
I know I have said it before but I know a LOT of people who lived under communism, even married to one, the stories and experiences you hear will either teach you something new or will confirm what you already read about from non-mainstream sources.