I used to believe the lie that you needed a higher education to make something of yourself in the world but I stopped believing that decades ago. I believe that university degrees have been turned into nothing more than a rung in the ladder to the next level of social hierarchy.

Working in the white collar corporate world for decades I witnessed how management fostered the notion that those with these degrees are "superior" than the worker bees in every sense. Similar to the military, corporate upper management brainwashes those down the ladder from them into viewing the less educated "peons" this way so it's easier for them to carry out orders that may be emotionally/psychologically difficult if they viewed all people as their peers. It turns out stroking someone's ego is a pretty effective way to get them to do whatever you want them to do. Many of these middle managers were broken souls because on some level they knew they had reached the apex of their careers and were living a lie.

Our organization, like many others, had a corporate grooming program called "Management Services". They would entice top Ivy League students to intern at our company (in return for a generous grant and promise of a future career). They let them work in several different departments until they found their specialty. We would train them knowing that they would likely end up being our bosses a few years down the road. They would never mix with any of us socially because I suppose they were told not to do so. Upon graduation the interns would immediately begin on the fast-track to upper management (Director/VP positions and above).

It was a widely known fact that if you didn't come through Management Services there was a glass ceiling no matter how smart you were or how hard you worked. Many people figured this out after a few years and it wasn't much of an incentive to strive for anything better within the company. A lot of employees would, out of resentment, resign to do just enough work not to get fired. After training many of these interns I discovered that most of them were nothing special in terms of general intelligence but one thing they did know how to do is follow orders. Most of them also had a REALLY tough time thinking outside of the box. Another common trait they had was a certain confidence and charisma because they had been told they were special for so long that they believed it. That reminds me of a certain someone who currently resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

This is actually a microcosm of how our entire society works, for the most part. The elite class is a special club that you mostly have to be born into. They take care of others like them to insure the status quo that keeps them in control remains. Sure, you can pay through the nose for a degree but it'll only get you so far. Entrepreneurship and self-directed education is the only path left to freedom for a majority of us. I'm so thrilled to see more companies like Tesla place less of an emphasis on college education and more on general intelligence. This gives me hope that things might actually change, eventually.