We might see it as an attempt by proles to legitimize their rule.
In nature, some rise above the rest... the herd hates this idea.
@Cyrillic @heretical_i @freepatriot
Competence is a question of innate traits
Education has made zero people competent
Americans who stay quiet while the USA collapses are no better than the globalists who are destroying the US.
Is anyone responsible for anything?
It strikes me as misguided, but to politicians the math is thus: high school and college educated kids make more money, so educate everyone.
This just promotes incompetents.
The subconscious social reason for education is as you state: to tame and indoctrinate.
But I think that's at a level even below politics!