> What I am claiming is that totalitarian regimes make the same argument, and in their case, it is clear that mandatory public education is part of the totalita

> What I am claiming is that totalitarian regimes make the same argument, and in their case, it is clear that mandatory public education is part of the totalitarian control. I think the recent totalitarian regimes and their education clearly defines how this is not possible. Many of Nobel Prize-winners, army of scientists who raged against the regime or fled are from totalitarian countries. But even if they didn't rebel, still they could have been a remarkable scientist or just a decent human being.