-=> Quoting Sheila King to Michael Martinez <=-
 -> "What is usually not understood is that the new class structure of a
 -> schooled society is even more powerfully controlled by vested
 -> interests. ... In a technocratic society, the power of a minority of
 -> knowledge capitalists can prevent the formation of true public
 -> opinion through control of scientific know-how and the media of
 -> communication."
 ->
 -> -----
 ->
 -> You see that this last paragraph is an argument against the "bringing
 -> of third-world countries into the modern age through modern
 -> education".
 SK> No, I don't see that at all. I read that paragraph several times, and
 SK> see no implication at all that it refers to third world nations. It
 SK> sounds to me more like it is discussing how in a society such as ours
 SK> in North America, supposedly a small number of educated persons are
 SK> controlling and manipulating public opinion.
Well, read the book and you'll realize that he is opposed to bringing
third-world countries into themodern educational arena.  I really don't
want to reprint the entire thing here, piece by piece in quotes.
-michael
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