| > The power given to the masses vs the ruling class is always in flux. The light may go out, but it won't be forever. Impossible to be so sure. > I'm also hopeful that the requirement for a well educated workforce will nudge societies towards more freedom than the historical norm. "The educated" have been among the most susceptible to authoritarian tendencies and propaganda, so I would not be too hopeful of that. https://jacobin.com/2022/10/chahla-chafiq-iranian-left-khome... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Guards https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/pot_pol.shtml Also there have been demonstrated to be other ways around the problem of educated population. Divide them against other classes of the population for example. Or subsidize and encourage non-productive people. And even if everyone was educated and wanted better, how would they ever vote for more individual rights and freedoms if the suppression of those rights is the only thing keeping them safe from other groups in their country? |
Forever is a long time. I’m betting on ‘not forever’.