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I like where you're looking, Ustwo. I think you're dead on that our education system is designed to feed labor into the workforce, not to empower individuals to become financially independant (or even financially solvent).
I'd be interested to know the percentage of that top 1% that got there under their own steam versus inheritance. I suspect that it's a low percentage. A rich person who is rich because their great great grandfather build the railroads doesn't seem to me like somebody who should be educating others in finance. They don't necessarily know anything beyond how to sign the check to pay their accountant's bill. Maybe not even that.
I think it's flawed reasoning to think that the rich will have the best interests of the masses in mind. I also think it's flawed reasoning to think that the MASSES will have the best interests of the masses in mind. People pretty much look out for themselves. It's just that the wealthy have vastly more resources with which to do that.
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