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Actually, the education system was developed in response to child labor issues in the age of industrialization. Kids needed something to do until they were old enough to work. One thing they could be taught is to listen. Another to answer the bell and do what you're told.
The elite kids went to elite K-12 schools and later to Ivey League universities. They were the ones being taught to run everything and all the other kids were learning to be the workers.
Things really haven't changed much over the years in the grand scheme of things. Those born into the good life had a much better chance of maintaining the good life and running everything.
However, the dot com boom gave other people an opportunity to buy a ticket to the world of running everything. And a few made good. Many others appear to make good but really are doing so through the grace of the ones really running everything. It's an illusion of power. For example, there's no way someone could become president on their own; they need the blessings of the puppetmasters and must do their bidding. And they are handed treats for their tricks in the form of some sense of power. Why else would a top lawyer want to cut their income and be a senator? Heck, that's why so many leave politics like they are leaving Bush now. Tony Snow even said he couldn't afford to live on the low wages. He apparently wasn't getting any of the treats, I suspect.
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