Agreed.  Controlling the education means controlling the narrative that the majority of the population believes.    Also making people more dependant/reliant on social welfare systems and having Big Brother look after you means people lose the ability to be independent and look after themselves, giving the government more control over what they can force people to do.  For example forcing mandatory vaccinations on people's kids who need child support, regardless of whether the parent wants their kids to have them or not.  Whether you believe in vaccinations or not, I think that we can all agree that the choice to be vaccinated should be yours and not the government's.  This is just an example of the control that the government can have over the lives of people dependant on the system to survive, and who have not been taught the life skills required to be successful in surviving independently. It comes down to the principle of "teach a man to fish" as opposed to simply giving them a fish.