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Originally designed for the children of the wealthy to teach them what one might need to know to be a tolerably decent leader and rule others, the "Liberal Arts Education" is more important than ever.
The simple but radical idea that *everyone* should have such an education has started to lead to wonderful things.
But not everyone sees these things as wonderful, and we're seeing a big attempt at rolling it all back. Even for the children of kings.
@futurebird@sauropods.win perhaps we should instead be teaching cooperation and mutual support structures, rather than assuming every single person should be taught how to rule over every single other person... but kindly lol
The question is what can we create within the existing framework.
A "king's education" for everyone than only some getting the "king" version and the rest getting only the education their community can provide (which shouldn't be minimized, but there is value to learning about the world beyond your own immediate sphere: but many people think only some people need to know such things. I do not agree. )
@futurebird@sauropods.win yeah, I think it is probably beneficial to push this into wider society still, although I am weary of the impacts it could have if further development on the ideas isn't also prioritized
What I really wouldn't like is a society of people all taught that they are smart and kind enough to rule, but with nobody to rule over, and very few skills for flat mutual cooperation
@froge @futurebird it is a very weird understanding of liberal arts to see them as a tool to rule others...
"One of the first recorded instances of liberal occurred in 1375 when it was used to describe the liberal arts in the context of an education desirable for a free-born man."
Btw: they consist originally of language (grammar, rhetorics, logic) and maths (arithmetic, geometry, music, astronomy)