Greetings,
I have a peer-to-peer teach speech on March 5th. The teacher grades the hardest for those going last (and that is yours truly.) Who I'm supposed to be doing a presentation on is Margaret (puke) Thatcher. If I were to use the usual sources on her, the presentation would be pro-neoliberalism propaganda. If I were to use socialist sources that displayed how life really was during her term, my audience might believe I'm doing negative propaganda against her.
How would communists re-educate? I don't aim to sway the audience towards socialism since I only have short time with them. I imagine that in history class within a communist society, figures of the west are not glorified and sugarcoated. There's truth. I just want to do research on Thatcher and show how life truly was for immigrants, people of color, working class, etc. I wish to challenge that western perspective of praising her, but my issue is, I don't want to give a propaganda vibe.
TL;DR: Tell me how re-education goes in communist societies. What are the qualities of their history classes? How did they approach people "transitioning into communist ideals" coming out from capitalist ideals? Could I also add some components that makes the "lesson" enjoyable to listen to so that information is digested into their mind?
Here are sources shown about Margaret Thatcher, and here is her opinion on Socialism.
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1865&context=student_scholarship
In this source, they called it "The Great Wave: Margaret Thatcher, The Neo-liberal Age, and the Transformation of Modern Britain."
https://www.socialistalternative.org/2021/03/29/the-bitter-legacy-of-margaret-thatcher/
And here's a socialist source I found. There are words that the average liberal cannot look at (capitalism, capitalist, working class, etc.) They immediately stop listening when they hear those words uttered.
Thatcher ’s inner circle, which then reflected the interests of Britain’s ruling elite, had changed course economically. It marked the ditching of the post war “consensus” politics, by which both Labour and Tory parties followed broadly the same policies, and introduced harsh “monetarist” doctrines, the forerunner of neoliberalism. They advocated shrinking the public sector and dismantling heavy industry in favour of financial marketization.
This approach contradicted the entire history of British capitalism which had become a major world power through manufacturing and industrial development. When Thatcher came to power, manufacturing accounted for 40% of UK GDP. This fell dramatically for the rest of the decade and up to this day, now accounting for less than 10% of GDP.
From that Article. I will do a bit of language policing and make it more palatable to liberals. You can use these methods to avoid language which might hurt your grade without entirely giving up on being accurate.
Thatcher ’s inner circle, which then was influenced by many special interest groups, had changed course economically. It marked the ditching of the post war “consensus” politics, by which both Labour and Tory parties followed broadly the same policies, and introduced harsh “monetarist” doctrines. They advocated shrinking the public sector and dismantling heavy industry in favour of financial marketization.
This approach contradicted the entire history of British Industrialism which had become a major world power through manufacturing and industrial development. When Thatcher came to power, manufacturing accounted for 40% of UK GDP. This fell dramatically for the rest of the decade and up to this day, now accounting for less than 10% of GDP.
Just an idea for how you can present it. Id keep in mind you getting a good grade is more important than trying to change a bunch of liberals minds in that moment tho.