1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones sent her daughter to a dysfunctional public school as a political statement, and is now paying the price. For years, socialists like Hasan Piker have flirted with banning private schools altogether under the theory that enrolling rich kids in failing schools can magically fix them. Universal public schooling, once a safety net for those who couldn’t afford a private school, has transformed into educational prison.

None of this is unique to education. In Canada, “universal” healthcare has become a death-panel hellscape, with sick patients being offered assisted suicide as if it were a legitimate medical treatment. The same people who want to control what your child is taught in school want to decide when you’re “too sick” to deserve care.

While disturbing, none of this should come as a surprise. In a free market, competition expands supply and brings costs down. In a government monopoly, competition is outlawed. Once they lock in their monopoly, you have no other choice.