American Education System is an elaborate financial scam

One more thing I've realized after living in US for 20 years: the American education system is largely an elaborate financial RUSE. What the masses don't seem to realize is that the main benefactors of American education are the SCHOOLS and the people who run them, ie the 0.01% who own everything in this country.

This is not to say that the schools have no benefit. Quite the contrary, they do have a lot of benefit. The >problem< is that they are severely and catastrophically overpriced.
I am not even going to mention all the University of Phoenix and DeVries, as it's clear that those institutions and mainly driven by profit. But, in fact, even the most prestigious American schools brainwash many people to believing they are the ultimate places to go to get educated (for a huge cost, of course).

The whole school ranking system is one elaborate brainwash. People are fooled into dreaming of attending Stanford or Harvard? In hopes of being next Google founder? It's another American pipe dream. The most likely consequence of attending college is huge financial debt. That's guaranteed. A job is not.

The whole "ranking system" that puts American schools at top of the world's list is bought and paid for. Since American schools collect an enourmous amount of money, they can influence the rankings. As always, it all centers around money.

There are no friends in America - only competitors

The way americans treat each other deserves a special mention. it's a spartan society that is robotic, and merciless. weakness is frowned upon and dealt with quickly and severely. success is worshipped.
for many years I thought: maybe this is just me. People seem to be happy around me. Am I imagining all this? But no, I don't actually think I am.

I've never had a SINGLE true friend here, in all my years of living here. I had more happiness in my 13 years in Russia, even though we didn't have much there. I fondly remember my friends there. I don't have a SINGLE person in the US that I really connected with on any meaningful way. Instead, every single place I've been into, I was made to feel inferior in some way, like some kind of a sub-human.

i feel sorry for people born here actually. they've never experienced true friendship or true, kind interaction. it's all some kind of a rat race.
the system is designed to make everyone feel inferior, and the answer to inferiority is achievement or money? how goddam pathetic and tiring. this system results in extreme isolation as well, as everyone constantly measures each other on some scale, instead of actually enjoying life.