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[-] Thanks4Nothing@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Along the same lines, but not to this level:

A few years back, we had a family member who is at a very extreme end of the political spectrum give my kids a book set that they "saw in a facebook ad" that said it was all about wholesome family values. It was called the "Tuttle Twins."

Not knowing what it was, we started reading them with our kids. The first book we read was fantastic(we read out of order). It talked about pencils, and followed the entire supply chain. Very informational, entertaining, and educational. It wasn't until the 2nd book, and on that the agenda crept in. Funny how when they talked about crime, all of the cartoons of criminals were diverse. When they talked about landscapers and gardeners, they were all depicted as hispanic. It kept getting worse and worse. Talking about education being corrupt, about how much immigration impacted people, and tried to justify a lot of things. We stopped reading early on, but I browsed them all to make sure I wasn't imagining it. Then I googled them, and I realized how bad the propaganda was.

[-] SCB@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

If you just want the cool pencil story, it's lifted from this:

https://youtu.be/67tHtpac5ws

For the record I'm a very pro-market dude who still thinks Friedman was wrong on some very serious issues, but it's an amazing example of supply chains and interdependence that deserves to be shared, regardless of your views.

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