Why Education Is the Biggest Threat to America As We Know It
If Americans ever got smart, the whole system would collapse.
America doesn’t fear guns. Doesn’t fear crime. Doesn’t even fear China. What it fears—deep down in its oversized patriotic gut—is a nation full of people who can think. That’s the real threat. Not missiles. Not migrants. But minds. If you want to destroy America as it is, give people education. Not training. Not job prep. Real education—the kind that makes you question, challenge, and call out the bullshit you’ve been fed since birth.
That’s why schools are under attack. That’s why libraries are closing. That’s why teachers are quitting in droves. Because the minute people start using their brains, they stop blindly obeying. And if Americans stop obeying, the whole house of cards comes crashing down.
At the end, you’ll also see why this isn’t some cheap conspiracy theory and every word I’ve said is demonstrable.
(As always, I refer to all nations as “they” in my writing.)
An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people— Thomas Jefferson, rolling in his grave watching Florida ban books.
Keep the Facts Fuzzy, Keep the Power Firm
Ask yourself: why does it take 12 years to teach a kid how to read, write, and add numbers—but not a single week is spent teaching them how the government works? Why is critical thinking optional but pledge of allegiance mandatory?
Simple. They want obedient workers, not thinking citizens. That’s why financial literacy isn’t taught. That’s why history books read like fairy tales. That’s why kids learn more about mitochondria than about how banks screw them over with interest rates.
Education, if done right, is dangerous. Because it exposes the lie. It shows how billionaires pay less tax than janitors. It explains how politicians get elected to “fix the system” and walk away richer every time. It teaches you that the “free market” is a game rigged from the start.
You are not expected to understand this — Comment in UNIX source code, and also America’s unofficial motto for how government and finance are taught.
Smart People Are Hard to Manipulate
You can’t sell nationalism to someone who’s read a world history book. You can’t sell racism to someone who’s studied genetics. You can’t sell magical trickle-down economics to someone who knows how wealth accumulation actually works.
So the goal isn’t to enlighten. It’s to entertain. Distract. Confuse. Give them sports, give them scandals, give them TikTok dances. Just don’t give them real information.
If you educate the masses, you ruin the business model of every manipulative politician, every corrupt preacher, every lying news anchor, and every “God wants you to be rich” grifter out there.
Ignorance is strength — George Orwell. Sadly, also the motto of most school boards in red states.
Keep the Teachers Poor, Keep the Students Dumb
Ever noticed how the people in charge love to “thank teachers”—but never pay them? Why? Because underpaid, overworked teachers can’t fight back. They’re too tired to rewrite the curriculum, too broke to quit, too buried in standardized test prep to teach anything real.
America says it values education, but the truth is uglier. It needs teachers to be broke. Because the minute teaching becomes a well-paid, respected job, people will start fighting to control it—and maybe even teach kids to challenge power.
That’s not acceptable. So instead of funding schools, they fund police tanks. Instead of raising teacher salaries, they raise military budgets. Because it’s more important to control people after they become a threat than to educate them so they never are.
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