It feels that these educational regressions are quite intentional and pave the way to a more authoritarian society. It is hard to apply an agenda on an educate

It feels that these educational regressions are quite intentional and pave the way to a more authoritarian society. It is hard to apply an agenda on an educated and internet-connected populace. Internet connectivity is still useful as a control/propaganda mechanism, as the available content can be centrally influenced (think RT News ban, "community guidelines" moderation, etc.). So it is chosen to gradually erode education over time using a variety of pretexts, so that the population will gradually regress from self-thinking citizens to obedient subjects.