Iserbyt backs Gatto up on his points, and she was within the system, at the cabinet level in the federal government.

People support their governments because they provide some form of stability. But in exchange for that stability you have to sacrifice certain things, such as your children. Gatto just describes the sacrificial process. Most teachers don't know they're a part of retarding the children. Gatto learned he was, and he began writing and lecturing on the subject.