“It seems to me that there were more men and women of genius then than there are today.”
True, but the few hundreds of thousands of possibly good students will not be enough to stave off societal collapse caused by the weight of uneducated and drugged zombies razing the countryside.
Also, you must not be acquainted with the post-humanist thought being promoted by our betters. They don’t think they need humans anymore. They say this is the last non-designed generation.
“It seems to me that there were more men and women of genius then than there are today.”
There are MORE than ever.
Unfortunately, not many are actually produced in this country.