Marx advances this analysis under the rubric false consciousness. How people think about the past is an important part of their consciousness. If members of the elite come to think that their privilege was historically justified and earned, it will be hard to persuade them to yield opportunity to others. If members of deprived groups come to think that their deprivation is their own fault, then there will be no need to use force or violence to keep them in their places.
---James W. Loewen, LIES MY TEACHER TOLD ME
---James W. Loewen, LIES MY TEACHER TOLD ME
