Against the intelligentsia and skilled craftsmen of the proletariat, there lurks an invisible hand. This hand sorts men, and in doing so, lifts some up whilst holding others down, not according to their knowledge, nor their abilities, but to the singular prerequisite of an imperialist education. As a result, those possessing pieces of paper, signifying that all of which they know has been learnt under the auspices of one of these “hallowed” institutions, occupy a class of men who take precedent over those who have garnered their knowledge through experience, through blood and sweat, through natural talent and innate intelligence, or through a prodigious passion for their craft.
Ask yourself: which holds more practical value, knowledge or education? For all intents and purposes, it’s knowledge. So why is it that society favors the educated over the knowledgeable? Because an education can be controlled; it can be molded and shaped to keep information in its preferable context. An education is simply information input management, minimizing independent thinking to maintain a status quo. It’s knowledge, however, that breeds change and births progress, because when there is no filter on the input of thought, then there is none on the output either. That is the fundamental difference between the two: that one comes already assembled, and one you have to put together yourself.