Sadly, there are those that consider critical thinking to be a tool of their enemies. The truth and honesty could amount to indictments of a lot of people that think they are on missions for God and other ideologies that require faith and loyalty, not critical thinking. The Civil War never completely came to an end. A lot of those battle lines still exist in the hearts and minds of too many people. "Value of the whole rather than just individual privilege", can get one called a communist in some circles. I've been called a communist for merely expressing compassion for the disadvantaged. We have a secretary of education that doesn't believe in public education, much less critical thinking.