A tax-supported, compulsory educational system is the complete model of the totalitarian state.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Compulsory tax-funded education mirrors the structure of a totalitarian system.
- In plain terms
- Forced schools paid by taxes are like total states.
- What can you take from it?
- Mandatory systems can limit freedom.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Should schooling be mandatory or optional?
Another view
Some see public education as necessary for society.
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