And we do not have a democracy, we have a democratic republic .
The kind of republic we are supposed to have is a democratic republic.
We have a republic that is supposed to work using democracy. If your nation is suppose to be operating using democracy it is supposed to be a democracy.
We have in reality a system where the rich make almost all the rules. We are in a state of constant war to feed a military industrial complex. And voting is mostly a sham for suckers.
That is not called a republic, democratic or otherwise
It is oligarchy.
But this or talking about chimps is not addressing the topic of the thread, which is the deliberate indoctrination of the young exposed to advertising and the transformation of young people that could be pushed into any direction into greedy self-centered materialists.
And as Jefferson said democracy requires educated cutizens.
Which we do not have in the sense of being able to make objective, reasoned, rational deisms on a large scale. It was never that way.
All cultures have mandatory indoctrination and always had.
Myths, metaphors, rituals. The Romans considered a state religion and rituals essential to good order in society.
Our American metaphors ... slam dunk, three strikes and you are out. you fumbled the ball. Pro sports is a cultural ritual and glue that helps maintain cohesion.
Tribal myths around a campfire.
If you want to talk about modern cultural propaganda that would be another thread. Before WWII the term propaganda was a common term in advertising and marketing. I'd have to look up the name of the author, in a book Propaganda he argued that complex modern society can not function without propaganda.
Industry began early, specialization of labor. Some build weapons, others hunt, other raise livestock.
Mass production goes at least as far back as ancient China. The Teera Cotta Army of buried staues was made by a procees that manufactured piece parts assembled into statues.
In medieval Europe there were factories that turned out body armor.
You seem to use indoctrination as a pejorative. What is the connection between specialized industrial society and the nature of humans?
We are more complex but he basic form of mourner society is the same as always.
And today the only deliberate indoctrination of youth is primary education and religion. Advertising exists because it it is not prohibited under our loose interpretation of constitutional freedom. Same with Hollywood and TV which presents anything it wants.
We initially grow up absorbing what surrounds us without the ability to analyze it.