[aurareturn]

Governments don’t want smart people. They want dumb people because they are easier to control.

[inglor_cz]

Are dumb people, in fact, easier to control?

I have seen a lot of smart people in thrall of ideologies that could be used to manipulate them left and right at will. Meanwhile, true morons tend to be unpredictably chaotic.

[aurareturn]

Yea. Dumb people are lower class and uneducated. Give them a few bonuses and they’ll happily shut up.

[phainopepla2]

This explains why governments never subsidize universities

[givemeethekeys]

Indian government universities are subsidized but difficult to get into and don’t get you on an automatic path to leaving for a better destination.

[aurareturn]

Most do enough to keep their people from revolting.