The Power of Upper-Class Education

Throughout history, the greatest difference between the elite class and the dependent masses has been the elite's exertion of power through the use of myth, symbols and nuanced language, and the fact that usually the masses, for whatever reason, haven't fully understood these things.

This is why the modern focus of education on job training is so disappointing. 

It leaves the elite class learning to use myth, symbol and nuance while the rest merely attain work skills. 

It guarantees the perpetuation of a widening class system.

And it takes a grasp of symbol and nuance to even understand this point.

The American founding generation overcame this challenge simply by widely reading the classics.