What's wrong with the commercial mass market? That's what makes America great
Please tell me you're being satirical here and not responding out of unquestioning ideology. Perhaps I'm just feeling too serious today?
I am being provocative but mean what I say. I have though a lot about my ideology
. One reason America is one of the richest countries in history is that it is a huge internal free trade zone with a relatively homogeneous culture (almost everyone understands English, for example). This has permitted great economies of scale. In a much smaller country McDonalds and Walmart would not be able to sell products of their quality (such as they are) at the prices they do.
If the quality of U.S. textbooks and other educational materials is sub-standard (a view I am sympathetic to), despite the large market, this is a market failure worth examining.
