Meanwhile in America [1][2][3][4][5][6].

Roger Freeman, then advisor to presidential candidate Ronald Reagan in 1970, said "We are in danger of producing an educated proletariat" [7], leading to Reagan unwinding the free college of the UC system and this was a progenitor to the current student debt crisis.

But beyond college education, there's also an attack on education at K-12 levels. Homeschooling and a lack of sex education contribute to perpetuating abuse and trapping children (primarily girls) in this cycle.

[1]: https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/06/child-marriage-calif...

[2]: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/married-young-the...

[3]: https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/09/chil...

[4]: https://www.freedomunited.org/u-s-child-mariage-laws-individ...

[5]: https://www.unchainedatlast.org/united-states-child-marriage...

[6]: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interactive/child-marriag...

[7]: https://www.bestcolleges.com/news/analysis/threat-of-educate...