GAW: Sorry, I was referring to your post above, where you said that singing “torah tziva” to a small child isn’t brainwashing.
Why? In fact, it seems like it fits very well into the whole popular, sci-fi definition of the term, whether you argue that that’s a good definition or not.
What is the difference, to lead into my second question, between this (or rather yeshiva education) and college education in terms of brainwashing?
Veltz: I agree. It’s the lack of separation between “church and state” if you want to call it that- the fact that what you learn is not only possible but rather expected to be applied in real life, unlike college in which it’s perfectly possible and accepted to walk out of there without any new opinions. Possibly missing the whole point of education, but still. Call it “plausible challenges to previous opinions.”