[GingisK]

...nor compulsory education...

That's right! There should always be a class of people who can't do math or speak their own language correctly. How else can you foster dependence?

[T.B. Yoits]

That's right! There should always be a class of people who can't do math or speak their own language correctly. How else can you foster dependence?

It's because of compulsory government education that illiteracy in language and math has skyrocketed.