How Industrial Elites Deliberately Limited Public Intelligence Through Education

Summary

This article critiques how elite industrialists and government allies have systematically limited public intelligence and literacy through the education system. Drawing from historical examples and cultural references, it argues that the current education model was designed to produce compliant workers rather than critical thinkers, serving the interests of wealthy industrialists who wanted a docile workforce. The piece examines how educational reforms deliberately restricted access to knowledge and promoted vocational training over intellectual development.