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The Infamy of Children’s Books as Any Active Political Propaganda with the Big Question
We must resist the tendency to place all hope on the shoulders of one mythologized leader and instead promote the power of the collective voices and actions of “ordinary” people to challenge injustice, improve lives, and bring about a better future. Social Justice Books
Once in a rare while I must write a story because all my faculties have been put on the highest alert. My educational psychology about children’s cognitive development is crashing headfirst into a twitter post. It was advertising books for children on the topic of former president Trump who is still actively engaged in running for government again. This red flag is blowing fiercely in the storm of brainwashing impressionable children, questioning morality and democracy. The Big Question is what can we do about it?
First, some common terms to put us on the same page:
A dictatorship is a form of government characterized by a single leader or group of leaders and little or no toleration for political pluralism or independent media … Wikipedia
