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The most important shared trait of these two camps – the strongs and the smarts – is the least recognized aspect of their power; both camps amplify perceptions of the ignorance of the people while obscuring the ignorance of elites. Both the strongs and the smarts imply that either their education or their wealth confers on them special entitlement to govern, but the opposite is true: __claims of special enlightenment are not ‘special’ but rather prosaic, rooted in centuries of anti-democratic strategies to defend inherited wealth and political favouritism.__
The Unknowers
Linsey McGoey
Ecological sustainability and the mere preservation of the species are goals that can be met through radically unjust means. This is why it is so important to remember that schools have not predominantly been built to educate individuals toward freedom and reflectively chosen pursuits of the good (although this has been the motive of their construction for some). Schools have been built largely to control and channel populations, disseminate what counts as "official knowledge," and socialize new generations into particular economic and social structures.
Education in a Time Between Worlds
Zachary Stein
democrats are constrained by their big coalition to do the right thing at home. However, these very domestic constraints can lead them to exploit the peoples of other nations almost without mercy.
The Dictator's Handbook
de Mesquita Bueno
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