Article by – TBR Commentary October 24 "I do not want a dictatorial system, but... I want my children and siblings to be educated, so I have sent them to school..." This is an unwilling confession, spoken as if a knife were twisting in the hearts of parents and guardians in this dark era. In the darkest periods of history, dictators know well that fear alone is not enough when they want to bring the public to their knees. The best hostages they tend to use are "the future of the youth" and the "love of parents." Although they themselves despise oppression, the fear that their children might end up on the streets or lose their future because of them makes parents weep and plunge into the classrooms of the bad system. But... behind the doors of those classrooms, which they were forced to send their children to, what cold traps are laid? How do dictators plan to exploit the pure intentions of parents who want their children to be educated?
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