Most CHUDs didn't go to underfunded intercity schools with moldy textbooks. They went to well funded suburban middle class schools

A world-class education in astrology or alchemy is still going to leave you poorly prepared to understand the world outside of those frameworks.

A world-class education designed to indoctrinate people into American exceptionalism, starting from kindergarten where they recite the pledge every morning, up through high School, ends up indoctrinating people into American exceptionalism.

The step of American exceptionalism into fascism, is not a leap, it's a sideways shuffle.

We can understand WHY and HOW people are indoctrinated into the system they take part in. That doesn't mean we absolve them of the responsibility they have for taking part in it. We can recognize someone is a victim of the social conditioning they were subjected to while still holding them responsible for the way they victimize others.