Ubuntu is a communal ethic rooted in small, cohesive societies, prioritizing belonging, mutual care, and harmony over individual autonomy. It was never designed as a political system at national scale, nor as a framework for individual rights, dissent, or limits on centralized power. In this essay In this essay, I will show that Ubuntu survives only inside freedom, and that when imposed beyond its natural limits, it becomes indistinguishable from collectivist control.
Many parents assume the education system reflects the basic civic values they themselves hold: fairness, responsibility, freedom of thought, and opportunity. That assumption is understandable—and increasingly risky. What many children encounter in schools today is not partisan politics, but a deeper shift in how rights, power, and responsibility are framed. Ideas once taken for granted—such as property, voluntary exchange, and limits on authority—are quietly reinterpreted, often without parents ever being told explicitly. This isn’t about turning children into members of one political party or another. It’s about whether parents are aware of the moral and civic framework their children are inheriting by default. When institutions teach values by omission rather than debate, consent is replaced by assumption—and most families never realize a choice was made for them.
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