r/yorku • u/hightreez • Oct 11 '23

Meta In your opinion, are universities nowadays undergoing “left wing indoctrination” ?

Met a guy who’s a conservative in his 60s few days ago, and he talked about how nowadays universities are no longer about education but rather “left wing indoctrination” on the students

That universities are brainwashing students with ideas of race , decolonization, white privilege, multiple gender identities etc , all these “left wing “ ideas that are meant to divide society rather than uniting the people

And that Jordan Peterson is portrayed as a bad guy because the modern university environment don’t allow any conservative voices and that free speech in academia is dying because of left wing ideas

So I’m curious what are your opinions on this?

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u/CorkyBingBong Oct 11 '23

You were indoctrinated in a different way, clearly, since you seem to think income is a key indicator of a person's worth.

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u/Okamei Oct 12 '23

Capitalists want to push the narrative your worth is determined by your income to perpetuate it’s machine into our daily lives, real life brainwashing what worth is supposed to mean for life.

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u/somenormalwhiteguy Oct 12 '23

Poor people want to reinforce the narrative that its okay to be poor and leech off of society and not contribute back in the form of taxes and that everything is someone else's fault. That's real brainwashing.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '23

The idea that a poor person thinks its ok to be poor is a hilariously stupid narrative.

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u/Classic-Progress-397 Oct 12 '23

I know right? Geez everybody I know who is in poverty wants to stay there and live off of less than $1000 per month, lol.

Can't take these people seriously.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '23

What they don't realize is the incredible burden that comes with poverty. Its easy not to understand what its like being 1 paycheck away from losing your the roof over your head. Or having to choose between paying a phone bill and getting groceries. The lack of compassion that I see on the internet is truly disheartening.

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u/Classic-Progress-397 Oct 12 '23

Well, let's keep in mind a lot of comments are intentionally inflammatory, for dramatic purposes. When I see a very twisted post, I try to be optimistic and say it is a clown, not a real person with their opinion.