First of all, cheating may be a lifetime for a person, but it can only be temporary for a group of people, not to mention that education brainwashes everyone in society. If the person who says such a thing is not mentally ill, he is simply talking to himself and playing dumb.

So, let's see if you understand the word brainwashing first. Baidu Encyclopedia explains brainwashing as follows: "The essence of brainwashing refers to instilling false knowledge and ideas that are in line with one's own interests into others through various means. The key to distinguishing whether to brainwash is not to indoctrinate this process, but to see whether the indoctrination of such knowledge and ideas conforms to truth and science. If the indoctrination of knowledge and ideas does not conform to truth and science, it is brainwashing. "

Objectively speaking, China's animation and education system is not as advanced as that of foreign countries, but you should feel that it is very good to be able to develop to the present level under the national conditions like China. Although our country has done something to publicize the party theory (you know, personally), you can believe it, but it is best not to publicize it everywhere (what is serious is anti-party and anti-society). Personally, I think it is impossible to brainwash. What's more, your friend's remarks are a little extreme and not entirely correct. If everyone thought so and emigrated if they had money, China would have been destroyed. Moreover, children's education depends not only on schools, but also on parents' teaching. The importance of education is not only that children know how to learn, but also that children should first know how to be human. To sum up, brainwashing or not depends on whether you have your own judgment.