When I was a fish at UT my econ 101 prof remarked ‘because I’m guessing y’all plan to be the bringers of the 80yr business cycle’ and I realized then the generational harvesting the elites have been working since the bronze age.
As an Austinite Sun Tzu hill country hippie to the right of Ghengis Khan, I took exception to that.
And I guess you haven't changed much, maybe. CS Lewis said of modern education something like this - "It merely makes man a more clever devil."