(emphasis added) suggests a cranky, conspiracy-mongering message, something the Objectivists never bought into.
I would reccomend reading the book as a conspircay is only a group of individuals working together with a similar agenda. If you judge the book before reading you are essentially putting Logic before Grammar (What you think you know about it vs the content in the book itself). Also everyone check out the site that the book is based on https://www.tragedyandhope.com/also John Taylor Gattos book Dumbing Us Down. I would like to hear from Objectivists there take on this matter.
Richard Grove - What We Can All Learn from John Taylor Gatto