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Is University Education Creating a Fake Democracy? The Shocking Truth About 'Citizenship' in Brazil

A extensão universitária em comunicação para a formação da cidadania

Cassade

We all think universities are engines of democracy, right? They teach knowledge, build citizens. But what if the system is actually designed to keep the poor silent? This video dives into a groundbreaking Brazilian book, 'A extensão universitária em comunicação para a formação da cidadania' (University Extension in Communication for Citizenship Formation), edited by Professor Cassade from UNESP. We expose how Brazil's elite universities use 'community service' as a mask for control, how 80% of poor youth are brainwashed by TV to hate politics, and why teaching people to read in the 1960s was so dangerous it triggered a military coup. We break down the philosophy of Jacques Derrida and Jacques Rancière to show how rules kill justice, and how noise becomes power. If you want to understand why your voice doesn't matter in the system—and how to reclaim it—this is for you.