The answer lies partially in 'why' they need adventure stories etc. and drugs. Escapism, the same reason that we became worthless beach bums. Some of us found the genie in the bottle lying in the flotsam etc on the beach, others became part of the floatsam.
The other reason lies with the gov'r in controllling rhe publlis schools, they simply cannot be blamed, they know no better..and as Stalin said "they are usedul idiots, keep them that way"
I quickly fund out that peopel are to be judged not by their formal education but how they react to their enviornement I have yet to meet a native of another country that I cannot respect, despite the difference in formal education. " He can always teach me something" thus I am not superior nor below hin,
Since most of my travels have been alone, I quickly found out that I must meet the native on his terms , taking advantage of his previous training on whites etc. 'without lowering myself or standards', but accepting 'his' as equally important. There is a fine point here. ,but experience will clarify it..
