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As usual, I'm not sure that an intellectual schema has covered all the possibilities.
My first thought was that you're leaving out the effects of home schooling, which is itself a side effect of liberalism as you define it. [1] Home schooling should mean that indoctrination isn't fully universal, so there will still be far mode thinkers.
Also, you're an interesting example of using far mode thinking to acquire near mode skills-- I don't know if you or anyone can make that a more common choice, but it's a conceivable path.
[1] I was shocked to find strong opposition to home schooling on the left, but maybe every movement has an illiberal side, no matter what it says on the label.
Agreed that home schooling should help a lot, especially if repeated for multiple generations.
I can't imagine anything that would stop home schooling other than existential threats (in which case we have other problems) or it becoming illegal.
It already is in some countries, e.g., Germany and Sweden.