…s profit. Hence, American life expectancy falling. The purpose of an education system is knowledge. But the purpose of an education system in capitalism is debt and degree farming. Hence, Americans are getting dumber. Do you see the problem? Capitalist institutions simply are no…Why Americans Struggle to Understand Social Democracy6.1K70umair haqueToby van ReenenFollowSep 5, 2018 · 1 min readNot the “purpose”, perhaps just a consequence of a divergent purpose.