>The only solution to this is better education that teaches critical thinking rather than mechanical parroting-exams based system that is widespread today in ma

>The only solution to this is better education that teaches critical thinking rather than mechanical parroting-exams based system that is widespread today in majority of the world. As long as... a) The politicians find it easier to manipulate dumb voters and realize that voters with good critical thinking skills are more capable of calling out their BS. and b) The bureaucrats deciding what gets taught in public school are ultimately accountable to people appointed by and accountable to politicians and c) Most of the voting public gets a public school education. ...we will never have a general public with good critical thinking skills. Now, before anyone puts words in my mouth, no there isn't some grand conspiracy to keep the proles stupid, it just so happens that there's a disincentive to making them smart and making them smart takes resources so obviously there's no will to get it done. You'd be surprised how much good stuff the government doesn't do is attributable to this incentive structure.