As a Canadian who grew up watching American cartoons, I can say with complete certainty Soviet Union wasn't alone in using media to indoctrinate their children.
Doesn't almost every popular character from American cartoons end up in the army in at least one episode? I mean, from Johnny Bravo to Bugs Bunny to Daffy Duck to Tom and Jerry... Go as far in the past as you want. I've never seen this in cartoons from other countries.
