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I have read the opinion that the invention of public schooling in its current form was designed to create a more agreeable populace and workforce. People who will do what they are told, basically.
The exceptional would rise to the top naturally, and overcome the barriers set in place, but it would ensure the less than gifted stayed mediocre.
I haven't read any studies to this affect, but it seems plausible, if rather conspiracy theory-ish. I don't think it was quite so intentional, but it seems to be the result, and it has a great deal of momentum for those who run things to allow it to continue if they ever recognize the truth of it.
Could you imagine the nightmare it would be to be a politician in a country where everybody is skeptical of authority as a matter of course? It's a politician's worst nightmare to have someone question his reasoning if it is based on something flimsy or non-existent, what if that happened by default for everyone in the country?
Then those most able to deal with the skeptics would rise to the top. It wouldn't get rid of politicians, but it would change the sort of politicians who have a relative competitive advantage.
Certainly, and a significant portion of the current crop of politicians would not be among the new group of politicians.
Do you see the problem?
Of course. But at least there are prospective politicians who could benefit from it. It's not as if they would uniformly stand to lose.
Yes, but that means changing the status quo, which means redistributing power, and if there's one thing people in power do not like, it is redistributing power.
We might ultimately have to make this happen by force. (I hope not... but I can't rule it out.)