Yes it is, we call it conditioning, and if I understand correctly, having had some early childhood psych classes in college, from 0-7, a child spends a lot of time in theta brainwave activity, so that conditioning/brainwashing is extremely difficult to break. It doesn’t mean it can’t be broken, it takes time, discipline and practice. Meditation and even prayer can induce that brainwave, and help break the conditioning.

This is scientific, even the prayer part, unless science has changed since I last read up on it, and it may have. Something something enough to know it all or whatevs.

As Marxists, we sure get dogmatic about our theory sometimes. As scientific theory updates, so should our political theory, to more closely align with scientific data. And I get it because I’m guilty, too. No one can keep up with everything, alone.

It’s kind of like how everyone upvotes psych stuff framed in a more palatable way, but as soon as terms are used that aren’t cuddly or “acceptable,” for other reasons, people start taking issue. And that’s fine cause I do that, too.