So much of anglo christian ideology is responsible for this indoctrination. Teaching kids from a young age that everyone is naturally evil and self centered does not instill hope for humans and mutual cooperation. It feels so much, in our modern times, as a primer for self centered behavior and politics and it’s sad how little it jives with, say, Jesus teaching people to stand up for/aid the least fortunate/downtrodden.

I’m glad those lessons were part of what lead me to Marxism, but I’m continuously saddened by the way it’s justified my families shitty politics.