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The importance of countering government indoctrination of this demographic is underscored by Murray Rothbard's ''For a New Liberty'':<ref>http://mises.org/rothbard/newlibertywhole.asp</ref> | The importance of countering government indoctrination of this demographic is underscored by Murray Rothbard's ''For a New Liberty'':<ref>http://mises.org/rothbard/newlibertywhole.asp</ref> | ||
:''In all societies, public opinion is determined by the intellectual classes, the opinion moulders of society. For most people neither originate nor disseminate ideas and concepts; on the contrary, they tend to adopt those ideas promulgated by the professional intellectual classes, the professional dealers in ideas...To insure the dominance of the new statism over public opinion, to insure that the public's consent would be engineered, the governments of the Western world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries moved to seize control over education, over the minds of men: over the universities...'' | |||
Four-year colleges often consist of many students from other states, and even other countries. These are good for recruiting students to help with nationwide campaigns (e.g. U.S. President). The best colleges on which to canvass for relatively local races may be community colleges, since the students presumably live nearby. | Four-year colleges often consist of many students from other states, and even other countries. These are good for recruiting students to help with nationwide campaigns (e.g. U.S. President). The best colleges on which to canvass for relatively local races may be community colleges, since the students presumably live nearby. | ||