[Ole Okie]

rather much like the experiences of children under the totalitarian regimes of the last century.

We do have a totalitarian regime: the NEA and the teacher's unions.

Frankly, that hadn't occurred to me until I saw your use of 'totalitarian'. It precisely fits.

[Eala]

"totalitarian"

And don't forget the prototypical "re-education camps" (that itself a euphonism) called "sensitivity training" that one has to undergo if one transgresses The New Social Order.