Is it true that compulsory public education was the single greatest force for democracy?

Democracy pre-exists public education, so no.Is it true that compulsory public education was the single greatest force for democracy?
A no is not a no-no.


That is to say that a negative feedback is good in that it gives you an opportunity to refine your question, so you do not get a stalled response due to a technicality.


How about rephrasing the question as follows?





';Is it true that compulsory public education was the single greatest force for maintaining the faith and supportiong continued advances in democracy that we enjoy today?';





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';Is it true that compulsory public education has wide and far-reaching impact on the public in ways unimaginable in previous times especailly in the area of redistribution of powers and priviledges from royalty, nobility, the clergy, and their hirelings to a broader spectrum of people from all walks of life?';





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';';Is it true that compulsory public education has offered new possibilities for extending and protecting the rights of the average citizen which had not existed in feudal societies?';Is it true that compulsory public education was the single greatest force for democracy?
It must be true, since so many people have said it. You are probably familiar with it from Thomas Jefferson, it was also said by Canada's Egerton Ryerson, who helped start it in Canada.


You can probably find an equivalent to Jefferson and Ryerson in almost any democratic country.
It was, rather, the Founding Fathers' education in the liberal arts that produced the American Experiment.