On the other hand, society would still be in the dark ages without all the people who worked hard, improved their techniques, designed new ways to raise the quality of life, etc. That is what was important in history. But that is not what the Government wants children to learn, as it never contributed to such improvements. Government has always had a negative impact on progress, it has ruled by restriction, preventing innovation and taxing those who did things right and then spending that money on wasteful wars. In a most devious misrepresentation of what happened in the past, the Government present itself as the saviour of society.
School makes children look at history as times without proper government .
The message is that without government, society would become chaos , anarchy and hell . The ugly message is that it is good that government keeps things under control, as its laws, police and army guarantee order, safety, peace, equality, happiness and prosperity . The first question is answered quite well in DonParagon's Vision of the Future , in which Don points at optionality as the ideology of the future. If there is any lesson to be learned, it is that coercion and optionality do not go together. School is silent about this, as it supports the coercive nature of the Government.