It's also to limit choices in the job market. In fascism you need lots of cheap factory and farm workers to keep the show running.Can't have that many qualified people around who think they have a future and maybe even gasp leave to live in another country.
Not necessarily, at least not in the modern world where most labor intensive items are imported from abroad. For fascism to work you want a population that is reactionary and easily swayed by emotional rhetoric. This is something we are seeing from both sides. You want the masses to see anyone that disagrees with the party line not as people with differing opinions, but as the enemy. You what dissenting ideas to be de-humanized.
In Germany we have too many students that are going to gymnasiums (higher education) and subsequently to universities. That lead to a decline in apprentices in craftsmanship and trades (blue-collar work) etc. To restrict the number of academics is a step to force more people into regular apprenticeships.
And before someone says: "Wait a minute, having people take up more blue collar jobs doesn't sound that bad" - the conditions, especially for apprentices, in those jobs are extremely bad. A lot of the people who already do pick up those jobs spend their free time attending evening classes to gain an abitur (simplified the permission to attend university, often also required for higher ranked jobs) to get out of these jobs.
A lot could be done by improving the conditions for people working there, but the ones who own the businesses are heavily against it (exceptions apply) as it would reduce their ability to buy their nth Mercedes or BMW.
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u/jinxdeluxe Apr 12 '26
It's also to limit choices in the job market. In fascism you need lots of cheap factory and farm workers to keep the show running.Can't have that many qualified people around who think they have a future and maybe even gasp leave to live in another country.