That is the start.
Years ago a book was released, ‘the deliberate dumbing down of America’ by Charlotte Iserbyte. In it the author clearly illustrated how the federal government in collusion with soviet socialists re manufactured our education system to create the ‘progressive’ citizen, primed for communist life.
Absolutely. Public schooling is right in the Communist Manifesto. In order to realize their vision Marxists knew that had to culturally change America. This was done through public schooling and the popular culture (media). Public schooling has a particularly corrosive effect because
Young minds are easily shaped (taught to be good little citizens of the state etc.)
Dumbing down (stupid people need government; has anyone wondered why there are so many incredibly stupid people out there?)