Comment by sam_lowry

I think it is deeper than the theory of class struggle.

France rebuilt its educational system under Napoléon to teach science to bright kids from all backgrounds.

Fast-forward 200 years, it degraded into a system that teaches anachronistic humanities to smart and docile kids of upper middle classes.

P.S. For non-French, I am talking about the system of Grandes écoles [1]

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