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Uplift, that's a nice story for the inspirational books but the truth is that those people are far above average; regardless of what they may or may not have gotten out of schooling, you can't say there's one thing holding everyone back from being like them. If everyone was a millionaire tomorrow most people would be poor and a few would gain influence by selling hyper-inflation insurance with bartered goods. Long before western schooling existed most people spent their lives barely finding or growing enough food for their families; long after it's changed there will still be a select few who lead thousands and a great many who follow and are rewarded with just enough to take care of themselves.

To expect some system to be set up that automatically makes everyone relatively wealthy or automatically give them more resources than they know what to do with is unrealistic. Rising above the current circumstances will always take quick thinking, hard work, sufficient motivation, and occasionally just doing the right thing at the right time; and even those aren't a guarantee.

Why do you feel the need to attack the educational system like this? Do you feel that it's holding you back from unachieved success?