Education.

​Education has been hijacked by the economists, which is darkly humorous  (in a way), when you consider how naive and befuddled they are mostly. This is encouraged by politcians, religous leaders and their paymasters because the last thing they want is a population that can think and reason clearly.  

History is also an unreliable teacher as it is rewritten by every generation, to suit the exigencies of the times, which is mostly what causes its fascination.