MineBTC on Nostr: Many of us feel we live in a period of pivot, maybe this is what 4th turnings are ...

Many of us feel we live in a period of pivot, maybe this is what 4th turnings are like. One thing I find intriguing is the ease with which society adopts marxist ideology seemingly being taught accross the west, in american colleges and in political science schools in europe like #SciencePo. Somehow 20th century experiences with communism and a large litterature on the subject weren't enough to deter a self proclaimed "ellite" to experiment with it again in the 21st century. Sure, Fiat shapes mentalities, but I know educated socialists who have all read Orwell, Huxley, Hannah Arendt, who keep cheering for the centralisation of power. Appart from ideology rendering blind, I'm struggling to understand how we got to this. Propaganda and group think are the mechanisms. But what happened to the notion of critical thinking I remember growing up with ?