Yes they/we are. And more over, they are unaware and/or uneducated.
So were they before when literacy and education was limited to nobility and clergy (probably not so much per design, but per means and imagination and interest). And so couldn't understand WHAT general people literacy and education could bring to society as a whole and for every one.
It's not a matter of guilt or lazyness. Things take time to enter the mind of one person, even more so the mind of societies.
An educational/technological advantage is not always but often a winning one.
So were they before when literacy and education was limited to nobility and clergy (probably not so much per design, but per means and imagination and interest). And so couldn't understand WHAT general people literacy and education could bring to society as a whole and for every one.
It's not a matter of guilt or lazyness. Things take time to enter the mind of one person, even more so the mind of societies.
An educational/technological advantage is not always but often a winning one.
And that is not an excuse.