- to believe in democracy, one must believe the voters hold the levers
- but if the voters are taught what to think, the levers are held by the teachers
- new ideas flow outwards from the university system out to mainstream media and public schools (until the are “public opinion” / “common knowledge”)
- this takes generational time - like a 45-year lag
implied in:: the-cathedral implied in:: rothbards-view-of-state-intellectual-control-and-cathedral-blue-church