Didn’t we have free public education before communism? Did the commies steal the idea from us?
The Communist Manifesto was written in 1848.
Massachusetts passed the first compulsory school laws in 1852. New York followed the next year, and by 1918, all American children were required to attend at least elementary school.
Overall, American public schools did not start becoming Marxist moron mills until the 1960s, when prayer and the 10 Commandments were taken out.