What do collectivists really mean by “free education”?
What the advocates of “free” education espouse is not leaving individuals free to pay for their own education, or free to pay for the education of another, or free to decide on the content of that education. Rather, they advocate the robbing of one man to pay the for the unearned benefit (in this case the “schooling”) of another. The proper name for such a program is not “free” education, but is legalized theft. This is what those who advocate “free” state supported education actually endorse. The key issue here is whether one is forced to pay for education of oneself (or others) voluntarily of one’s own free-will — as with private education; or, if one is forced to pay for the education of oneself (or others) at the point of a gun (to see this gun appear, simply volunteer to refuse to take part in “voluntary” taxation). Government is an agent of force; force and mind are opposites; to impose the will of public officials upon its citizens, is to render its citizens slaves. Contrary to
