"Yet, the historical evidence indicates that prior to the introduction of compulsory public education, Americans were probably the most literate people in the world."

https://reason.com/1979/03/01/why-the-schools-went-public/

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and then it spread across the world because it made people compliant with the government, funny enough, the whole reason why the institution was first implemented in Prussia

"Why did Americans give up educational freedom so early in their history?"

This is a good one