Stanley Ridgley's 'Brutal Minds' Exposes Marxist Takeover of our Universities

Dr. Stanley K. Ridgley, a professor of management at Drexel University, exposes the radical transformation of American universities into Marxist strongholds in his compelling book "Brutal Minds." Ridgley argues that universities have been overtaken by "subsidized paranoiacs, amateur psychotherapists, neo-Marxist totalitarians, and racialist thought reformers." These individuals, often found in student affairs departments, have turned campuses into "reeducation camps of dull conformity," where traditional beliefs are attacked and replaced by radical ideologies under the guise of "critical theory."

Ridgley emphasizes, "The problems I identify in Brutal Minds are endemic to the university, regardless of where it is to a greater or lesser extent." He explains that "education schools have always been the bottom feeders of higher education, the least respected of our various disciplines." These bureaucrats, Ridgley notes, "are nestled in that student affairs quasi-academic unit, and they desperately want to be treated as if they're faculty." The ideological imbalance is stark, as "the faculty's liberal to conservative ratio is six to one, but in the bureaucracy, especially student affairs, that ratio is 12 to one."

Drawing on historical influences, Ridgley identifies Kurt Lewin's re-education techniques and Paulo Freire's influence as pivotal in shaping these ideologies. Lewin, often dubbed "the father of re-education," introduced a three-stage model of "attack, unfreeze, and refreeze," which has become a cornerstone of the brainwashing process. This method is employed to destabilize students' belief systems by severing their ties to family, faith, and friends, and reprogramming them into foot soldiers of Marxism. "Kurt Lewin is the guy who coined the term re-education. He's the father of the encounter group or the T group, training group," Ridgley explains. "The three-stage model where you attack, unfreeze, and refreeze the belief system is detailed in transformative initiatives aimed at ideological reprogramming," he adds.

Paulo Freire, a central figure in this ideological movement, has significantly influenced contemporary education theory. Freire, an ardent Marxist, drew inspiration from figures like Marx, Mao, and Marcuse. His theories have permeated education schools, shaping curricula that aim to inculcate students with neo-Marxist ideologies. "Paulo Freire is in the pantheon of great writers who influenced Marxists like Bell Hooks, Ira Shore, Henry Giroux," Ridgley states. The indoctrination methods employed are meticulously documented in literature designed to spread social justice messages. "The indoctrination literature is full of advice on how to transmit the message of social justice on campus and then offering after action reports on how well we succeeded," he points out.

These transformative educational practices are not benign. They mirror the tactics of Maoist thought reform, aiming to dismantle traditional beliefs and family structures to pave the way for new relationships grounded in radical ideology. Ridgley warns that the American university, under this new regime, resembles the reeducation camps of Communist China more than institutions of higher learning.

Ridgley advocates for a return to traditional educational values, emphasizing the importance of competence and merit over ideological diversity. "Competence, merit, the ability to do the job is our strength, not diversity," he asserts. He believes both short-term and long-term solutions are necessary to address these systemic issues. "We need to work for both short-term and long-term fixes for the university to restore true education grounded in the scientific method and reason," Ridgley concludes.

In "Brutal Minds," Dr. Ridgley offers a stark warning and a call to action, exposing the deep-rooted issues within American universities and providing a roadmap to reclaim their original purpose as bastions of knowledge and intellectual freedom.