Should children’s books promote early appreciation of Karl Marx’s ideas?

[SolitarySolace]

A children’s book titled Communism for Kids: Learn What Communism Is and How It Has Changed the World for Babies, Toddlers, Kids and Young Children is being marketed to very young children.

Its full book overview says:

“This book is an introduction to communism for kids. It explains what communism is and how it has changed the world. Kids will learn about Karl Marx’s ideas. And they will also learn about the different attempts to make a communist society and why they all failed. Finally, kids will gain an appreciation for how Karl Marx’s ideas have made the world a better place.”

I have no objection to teaching children history, including capitalism, socialism, communism, fascism, and other political systems when they are old enough to understand them. But there is an important difference between teaching children what an ideology is—including its successes and failures—and explicitly seeking to cultivate appreciation for that ideology in babies, toddlers, and young children.

The description itself acknowledges that attempts to create communist societies failed, yet concludes by saying children will gain an appreciation for how Karl Marx’s ideas supposedly made the world better.

Should books for babies and young children encourage appreciation for Karl Marx’s ideas?

Yes

No

Updates

18 h

This is an actual book available on @AmaZon for babies and young kids

“Communism For Kids: Kids will gain appreciation for how Karl Marx’s ideas have made the world a better place.” - x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2079588673796948253?s=46

[sage2021]

Not at all.

There's an old saying "Don't plant seeds" and that's what would happen if children learned about all of that because you don't know what effects it will have on their mind.

They could easily misinterpret it and believe that it's something good when it definitely not a good way to be.

[genericname85]

Oh you mean Marx's complete and utter ignorance of human nature? The naive believe that people would be willing to cooperate in order for everyone to have a nice live opposed to the truth that many people are actually willing to step on other peoples backs to get a better life than them? Yeah that's surely an infantile idea so it would best be treated as example to teach kids not to be naive. Don't build political ideologies based on naive ideas that aren't true.

[CaptainSmartass]

Hell no! This isn't Russia, or East Germany. Anyway, communists shouldn't be allowed to breed.

Simples...

[strateguy632]

at the age they believe in santa clause and tooth fairy? no way!

[fishbone77]

Any one teaching this garbage to kids should be fired.

[exitseven]

As long as it tells the truth about communism. How it has failed every place it has been tried and cannot function without a totalitarian government it would be okay.

[BonzoInBitburg]

I don't think kids should be exposed to any political ideology. They should be allowed to be kids.

[DonaldDarko]

All schools should teach children about Marx at some point and how many people died as a result of his ideas.

[Staximus]

Karl Marx was a piece of shit in real life

[Cidknee]

Hell No!