The most despicable ventures in human history—from the war on the indigenous to eugenics to prison labor—have had "respectable experts" laying out the theory underneath murderous enterprises. And the support of the public that was either too conceited or too tired to object.
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At the same time, that kind of education is a rare beast. It may be available to those who go to very elite schools (and even then, it comes with strings and a bias and Western pride that gets in the way of clarity). 2/
Historically, dominant powers in most "civilized" societies have used education to shape the way the "managerial class" saw the world—and separately, to condition "regular people's" expectations. To clarify, I'm saying it based on personal observations, not "class theory." 3/
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Western invaders attacked and undermined functional and well-rounded indigenous cultures by, among other things, forcing their "good and correct" Western education upon those who actually understood life much deeper than the missionaries. 4/
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During the time of my grandparents in the Soviet Union, the "educated experts" forced their "scientifically sound" agriculture on the farmers—who knew and loved the land and didn't need any city folk nonsense—and decades later, it became obvious that the farmers were correct. 5/
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