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Children Are Prepared For Democracy By Being Led To Discuss Current Events Without First Learning The Systematic Subjects (politics, Economics, History) Which Are Necessary In Order To Discuss Them. The Mole Effect Is To Substitute Slogans And Superficial Opinion For Considered Individual Thought. And The Opinion Is That Of The Lowest Common Denominator Of The Group.
-Murray Rothbard
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Children Are Prepared For Democracy By Being

Murray Rothbard
Children Are Prepared For Democracy By Being Led To Discuss Current Events Without First Learning The Systematic Subjects (politics, Economics, History) Which Are Necessary In Order To Discuss Them. The Mole Effect Is To Substitute Slogans And Superficial Opinion For Considered Individual Thought. And The Opinion Is That Of The Lowest Common Denominator Of The Group.
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