The Dangers of Sociological Learning

"To maintain and transmit a value system, human beings are punched, bullied, sent to jail, thrown into concentration camps, cajoled, bribed, made into heroes, encouraged to read newspapers, stood up against a wall and shot, and sometimes even taught sociology" (Barrington Moore, Jr.)


My, my, my. What have I gotten myself into?

I only hope that learning sociology is more like being "encouraged to read newspapers" than being "stood up against a wall and shot."