@augustus it's funny to think about, the meme of "kid goes to university, comes back a brainwashed liberal" was a real thing. every uni (in usa + afaik) forces you to take a good chunk of social classes which will usually overrepresent socialist writers. when you take these classes now, it's just twitter drivel that everyone already knows about, very easy to understand exactly what they want you to say. i assume this was the same setup as pre-internet, and the brainwashing actually worked bc they didn't have exposure to these ideas before going off to college. lots of similar relics from archaic attempts at social change are still here today (boy scouts, charities, churches)