[welshwelsh]

Religion is often passed down from parents to children, and people historically tend to believe whatever their parents do.

But in modern secular societies, family is less influential, and people get their information from other sources. For example, most people go to public schools, which teach from a secular perspective. They consume secular media and participate in an increasingly secular, globalized internet culture. It is increasingly possible for a person to completely abandon their parents' ideals and integrate themselves into a different community.

For that reason, I would argue that people today are likely to find other ways to spread their ideas other than passing them on to their children. This might be through art, including stuff like spreading memes on the internet. It could be through career, such as publishing research in a journal. Or through politics and activism.

[chmod600]

What you say is probably true, but there's a creepy quality to it: spreading your ideas to other people's children.

Spreading your ideas to other adults seems fine. Or spreading your ideas to your own children seems fine, because you are heavily invested and reap the results of the outcome.

And educating on fundamentals like reading, writing, and math seems fine.

But just pushing whatever pet ideas or political philosophies on other people's children seems downright bad.