> It's a scam as old as public education, an idea that emerged from the Industrial Revolution because back then the "jobs of tomorrow" were stations along an as

> It's a scam as old as public education, an idea that emerged from the Industrial Revolution because back then the "jobs of tomorrow" were stations along an assembly-line Is he suggesting here that public education is a scam? It doesn't seem so in the later paragraphs, and that's an extreme view to hold. Also the idea I don't think actually emerged as a way to fulfil national labour requirements. Condorcet, I think an early French pioneer in public education systems, seemed primarily concerned with equality, not creating labour supply.