The Power of Propaganda
It is a symptom of many unjust and dictatorial systems of government that they rely on winning over the young to their perspective of the world, ensuring that schools play a key role in the process of indoctrination. There is something very grim about young people being lied to as part of a concerted effort to build their sense of superiority and God-given right to dominate their fellow human beings. This is exactly the dynamic at work in the first classroom scene in SKIN. You can re-read the scene in the previous section.
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