26 1 / 2009
Children of the Left, Unite!
“Marxist principles have been dripping steadily into the minds of American youth for more than a century. This isn’t altogether surprising. After all, most parents want their children to be far left in their early years — to share toys, to eschew the torture of siblings, to leave a clean environment behind them, to refrain from causing the extinction of the dog, to rise above coveting and hoarding, and to view the blandishments of corporate America through a lens of harsh skepticism.”
Caleb Crain on the Socialist underpinnings of children’s literature.
I like things that are the underpinnings.
