It isn't a coincidence that governments everywhere want to educate children. Government education, in turn, is supposed to be evidence of the state's goodness and its concern for our well-being. The real explanation is less flattering. If the government's propaganda can take root as children grow up, those kids will be no threat to the state apparatus. They'll fasten the chains to their own ankles.
when an elephant is a baby, trainers will tie a rope around its leg or neck and drive a stake into the ground holding the baby elephant there. they can't escape because they just aren't strong enough.
eventually they grow up and could yank that stake out without even trying. but they don't even try because in their heads, it never worked before. in some cases, they have unknowingly yanked it out, and they just stand in the same spot anyways because the blind obedience has been driven so hard into their psyche.
when an elephant is a baby, trainers will tie a rope around its leg or neck and drive a stake into the ground holding the baby elephant there. they can't escape because they just aren't strong enough.
eventually they grow up and could yank that stake out without even trying. but they don't even try because in their heads, it never worked before. in some cases, they have unknowingly yanked it out, and they just stand in the same spot anyways because the blind obedience has been driven so hard into their psyche.