How the Koch Brothers Are Trying to Brainwash America's Kids

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http://www.alternet.org/education/how-koch-brothers-are-trying-brainwash-americas-kids

You've heard a lot about how the Koch brothers spend big in our elections. Indeed, in 2014, the network of Koch groups spent $100 million, making them the largest juggernaut of the election.

But in addition to direct spending to impact elections, the Kochs are waging an ideological war for the minds of Americans, hoping to convince them of the merits of far-right-wing ideology. In North Carolina, that war is now being waged for the youngest recruits: children.

Rewriting North Carolina's Curriculum, Koch-Style

The Kochs have come under intense scrutiny in recent years as their names have become synonymous with far-right, pro-corporate ideology. One way to get around this brand problem is to finance front groups that allow the Kochs to promote their worldview while the oil billionaires themselves remain in the background.

One prominent example is the Virginia-based Bill of Rights Institute, which the Kochs finance. BRI promotes itself chiefly as a civic-minded organization offering basic education about America's founding principles; its mission statement says it simply seeks to “educate young people about the words and ideas of America’s Founders, the liberties guaranteed in our Founding documents, and how our Founding principles continue to affect and shape a free society.”

[leftofcool]

1. Two words...............home school

More and more people are resorting to this, in part due to so much bullying in school. I know several who have done this. Kids are now in good colleges, well rounded and maintaining 3.8-4.0 grade averages in college. Not all home school has religious based lessons.

[Omaha Steve]

2. How much $ do they need that we little people can't have a dime?

Thanks for posting.

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