Consider this horizontal scale:

[Economics] --- [Politics] --- [Culture]

Politics is the "conduit" between Economics and Culture. There's no inherent money in Politics and politicians need to be culturally relevant to be effective. Economics, however, is reliant on Culture willing to participate in the economy. Economics and Politics are brought to their knees if the Culture, We the People, refuse to participate or issue a mandate.

Big Business needs us to work for their peanut wages. Politicians often pander to Big Business for walnut bribes. But both of them are constrained to work within the tolerances of Culture. Culture frames the limits of what's possible and permissible. That's why Big Business burns billions every year to saturate us with their ideas in order to keep us compliant to their schemes.

Education is part of it, of course. But again, people are "educated" just as much, if not more so, by the media they consume.

Consider this horizontal scale:

[Economics] --- [Politics] --- [Culture]

Politics is the "conduit" between Economics and Culture. There's no inherent money in Politics and politicians need to be culturally relevant to be effective. Economics, however, is reliant on Culture willing to participate in the economy. Economics and Politics are brought to their knees if the Culture, We the People, refuse to participate or issue a mandate.

Big Business needs us to work for their peanut wages. Politicians often pander to Big Business for walnut bribes. But both of them are constrained to work within the tolerances of Culture. Culture frames the limits of what's possible and permissible. That's why Big Business burns billions every year to saturate us with their ideas in order to keep us compliant to their schemes.

Education is part of it, of course. But again, that education is compliant to Culture.