From what I have been reading the last few months, here and there, capitalists are trying to modify critical thinking as a “soft skill” to navigate the global economy. Not to prioritize critical thinking as a primary skill to see through capitalism and understand the world as it really is. They will probably win in this effort.
If anything this shows critical thinking is a front-line in the war against capitalist intrigue. There must be greater efforts, not only from academia, but also those with experience, education, driven will, and determination, to reinforce critical thinking into a liberation tool, not something to be weaponized against freedom of thought.