Through political science and history classes, which present severely slanted history, they are taught to revere democracy and the Constitution. Indeed, as we have seen, the chief function of education is to train obedient citizens. It is after all those who have political and social power who gain the most benefit from the existing political climate and depend on its continuation. In practical terms, the public school system has assumed the role of an official church by imbuing its subjects with a genuflecting respect for the state. In fact, the reverse is true.
Government rests upon the goodwill of the people.
Without their support, it becomes fragile and will eventually disintegrate. A government is no more powerful than the human resources, the skills, the knowledge, and attitudes of obedience it commands. Every dollar the state spends has been taken from an individual. It has no resources of its own. Every law it maintains is enforced by an individual.