pursuing education is not liberal. credentialism? sure. careerism? absolutely. the managerial university? 100% lib as fuck. widespread formal education? nope. it is revolutionary and that is why capital formations are working overtime to capture and dismantle these institutions as a project to discourage and limit proletarian access to them and their networks.

there is a lot of work needing to get done that requires formal and ongoing education. social work, child education, healthcare, adult education, literacy programs, environmental protection, pollution mitigation, climate change adaptation, the list goes on for miles. these people find each other through formal education networks and share knowledge as friends and allies to find multidisciplinary solutions. millions of formally educated people are out there doing this critical work for their communities. and it is a world that seems to be invisible to those unable to resist cultural hegemony’s grip on their imagination of what sort of workers we must all become.