It kinda goes hand-in-glove with the whole "democracy of the citizens" thing, is the underlying philosophy underpinning things like truancy law. If you're goin

It kinda goes hand-in-glove with the whole "democracy of the citizens" thing, is the underlying philosophy underpinning things like truancy law. If you're going to force the responsibility / obligation on everyone of being citizens in a democracy, you've kinda obligated yourself to make sure they aren't too plug-ignorant to self-govern successfully.