The crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as preparation for his future career. I am convinced that the only way to eliminate these great evils is through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented towards social goals.
Albert Einstein, May 1949
65 years later it is funny to see how the same problems remain in the educational system, and how we have been unable to move forward to those social goals instead of pure and bloody competitiveness. What a visionary this Einstein guy was…