Maybe some propaganda is good or useful in certain situations, but certainly not all of it is good. Obviously some actions we can agree are not good (rape, murder, theft) and when it comes to this message — indoctrinate away!

But the point is, public schools, which have a near educational monopoly, shouldn’t be allowed to pick what type of message they are forcing on the kids.

The propaganda is not pro-American. I personally experienced anti-colonialist guilt-tripping, units on the horrors of the industrial revolution, and perpetual reminders of American crimes against the Native Americans. History lessons equated illiterate and authoritarian cultures with liberal democracies.

The details, however, are irrelevant to over 90% of students, who don’t pay attention, don’t care about “political discourse”, and get their information from pop culture.

Indoctrination has displaced every other objective that schools might pursue, so for the majority, it just means that they are exposed to a decade of useless misinformation that wouldn’t help them (or society) even if they could understand it.
I lived this reality: an aimless curriculum, a total lack of clear objectives, and a choking bureacracy consuming half the funding.

The frustration and social chaos of the public schools spawn extremist politics and authoritarian street gangs. They do not care about democratic values. They will sooner kick your head in than “engage in political discourse.”