After

We went back to his room and the men continued talking. I made drinks for all of us. Molly and I sat next to each other and talked of our past lives. She was an anthropologist who was traveling the world before she was kidnapped. The talking was almost as good as the sex. I felt like I was falling in love. I wish I had known her before this place. I know we would have a lot of fun together. I wish I could discuss the things I talk about with him. I believe she would have enlightening insight into our situation.
The men were talking excitedly about some historical events and their relation to modern world. I should have been listening, but my attention was focused on Molly. I did hear them say something about commies being beaten back and rising again in different forms. Walter said that the end was near and they had finally “removed communist trends from human society.”
From what I had gathered, Walter seemed obsessed with defeating communism. His belief was that actively promoting individualism would combat any development of communism. Many of the men talked as if communism was the greatest threat to all life. I also noticed they have a very broad definition of communism. Anything related to sharing or that indicated people should be taken care of is considered communist. If it does not promote individualism and the market, it is communism.
Later, after Walter and Molly left, he told me, “Walter had recognized that the children are the future and that messages could be inserted into films aimed at children to instill values which they would carry their whole lives. He inserted subtle messages into children’s cartoons that are wholesome and entertaining to families. He built an industry around rewriting folk tales and updating them to promote modern consumerism. By inserting capitalist messages into the folk tales, he made it seem like these ideas were part of inherited traditions. Generations of children grew up believing in the values he promoted. They believe that these values are the culmination of a struggle throughout civilization to become better organized and efficient. They believe that people fought and died to defend individualism and consumer society.”
The thought of millions of children being indoctrinated through cartoons was very disturbing. Of course we know that corporations target children at very early ages. They pressure their parents to buy toys and such, but I have not seen much about how children are manipulated ideologically. Now that I think about it, it would have made a good course of study to expose the wide scale indoctrination and manipulation of children.