That's the worst straw man I've heard in ages. If school systems are so inherently broken, how come all the economically successful countries have public schoo

That's the worst straw man I've heard in ages. If school systems are so inherently broken, how come all the economically successful countries have public school systems that go on for years? This is a very narrow and one-dimensional argument. You're assuming that everything is sugary, benevolent and works for the common good. No. Compulsory schooling serves a strategic purpose, it's defective by design. Replace "school systems" with "retributive penitentiary systems" and you'll see what I mean. It's the same tired argument as "Capitalism is inherently evil." Not even close. I do not oppose capitalism in any way, personally. Yeah, maybe, except that no other system was shown to be better. No other system has really been tested. There's a lot of alternatives that are applied on small scales and are shown to work just fine (i.e. Sudsbury schools), but they receive little attention and are often deliberately misrepresented.