Fascism is the system of government that cartelizes the private sector, centrally plans the economy, exalts the police state as the source of order, denies fundamental rights to individuals, and makes the executive state the unlimited master of society. This describes America today. It's true in Europe too. It is so much part of the mainstream that it is hardly noticed any more.

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.

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