My dad railed against all the “assperts” in government since the mid 60’s. He would always say that WW2 was won with more people with only an 8th grade education than a college degree ( he was a WW2 combat vet) Then he would go on about the “professional students” that never leave college.
Just thought about this this morning. In the ‘70s, a nutritious breakfast was; juice, toast, milk and Fruit Loops. Experts came up with that. Or maybe financial experts.
at one level, what your dad claimed is true ... OTOH, it’s very unlikely the allies would have won the war without the inventions of the cavity magnetron, the proximity fuze, whole ship degaussing, decrypting Enigma and Lorenz/Tuny, Home Chain, computer-directed naval fire, and a whole slew of other inventions and mechanisms that required high-level education to invent and produce ...