[toyg]

No, that's because the ruling classes can integrate that knowledge in their own way later on, whereas others cannot. This coupled very well with the original aristocratic pretension that "material" subjects should be considered inferior.

So we ended up with Western education systems that produce intellectuals who conceptually despise wealth management, ensuring education remains thoroughly detached from the actual levers of power. That suits rulers just fine.

[msla]

You have a nice little castle of theory built on air.