Such complete horseshit. At 8 years of age you are in second or third grade (in the U.S.). You don't even know what politics are, let alone actually follow them. What a dumb cunt.
It depends on the situation I guess. Between the age of 8 - 10 I already had history lessons about the Romans and such and of course there's no deep diving into political systems but power structures and the basics and principles of Democracy (everyone has a voice) were taught from an early age in this part of the Netherlands back in those days.
Also it was pre-911 and just about when they planned to launch the Euro so the US was still seen as the prime example of what freedom and liberalism could achieve and in hindsight EU propaganda was everywhere.
Plus we still had some old maps, books and VHS material at school with a seperate East and West Germany and when you bought toy soldiers it was always the Germans (Grey) vs. Americans (Green).
I still have enough plastic units stored somewhere to encircle Dunkirk. As a kid in the 90's there was no way you could escape from the obsession our country had with 'de Duitsers' which was also interlinked with football and politics.
Plus everyone had at least one demented grandpa or grandma going on endless rants about De Moffen (the krauts).
Being liberated from tyranny and Ze Germans is this sort of lynchpin they drilled into every kid back then.
The Balkan war that showed how fast things could go sideways was still simmering in the background so it made sense I suppose.
For us kids though it was just another Cowboy vs. Indians, Good guys vs. Bad guys sort of deal.
I don't think the message they tried to send resonated with us when all we wanted was cool looking German toy tanks.
