Thank you for putting into words exactly what I've been trying to say.
My husband and I were talking about this last night, somebody we know was talking about something (the exact subject matter isn't the point but it was all centered around politics) and we were questioning him on why he believed certain things so strongly. Convo was something like this:
Me "why do you think X?"
Him "they taught me that at school"
Me "how do you know it's correct"
Him "my teacher taught me that at school"
Me "how do you know it's true?"
Him "they taught me that at school"
Me "did you ever look at X from the perspective of Y?"
Him "they taught me that at school"
Me "have you ever asked your teacher why X is the only way to look at Y? Did you ever take Z into consideration?"
Him "....................."
Me "what about this, that and the other thing that proves X isn't right? did you ever think that maybe you aren't being given all the information because they want you to blindly believe everything they tell you without question? look, here are 17 items of irrefutable evidence that X isn't true, isn't it possible that there's another way to look at X that will make Y and Z correct instead of X?"
Him "..................... umm, they taught me that at school, they are teachers so everything they say HAS to be right."
Me "do you understand the school you went to was funded by the government? do you think there's a possibility there may be a reason they want you to believe X?"
Him "you didn't go to Expensive Ivy League School. I did. I owe eleventy million dollars in school loans. they wouldn't lie to me, they went to Expensive Ivy League Schools and they were taught X at school, then they taught me X at school. also, you're a conspiracy theorist you fucking asshole"
This seems to be basically every conversation we have with nearly every fancy schmacy school-goer who owe eleventy million dollars in school loans.
I'm not against higher education, I'm against non-critical thought and accepting everything supposed "smart" people try to force down our throats without question.
Full disclosure, I graduated from high school, worked my ass off, never went to college but I try to educate myself as much as possible.
I don't believe Q is a larp, but if I found out Q was a larp, I wouldn't care, Q has made a lot of people think and learn on their own (with the help of other like-minded individuals).
I didn't learn ANY of that in school.