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In his work The Republic (see Chapter 14), Plato discusses the importance of political culture and political socialization for a political regime. The political culture of a society shapes political values and political behavior and has to be in line with the political system. If it isn’t, the long-term survival of the regime is in question. For this reason, according to Plato, the young in a society have to be politically socialized, which is a fancy term for being politically indoctrinated, with the values of the regime. Only political socialization can guarantee survival of the regime in the long run. (See the later section “Working on Political Socialization” for more on political socialization.)