C.S. LEWIS, 1942: The middle class is hollowed out, removing the primary champions of private excellence.

In 1942, C.S. Lewis predicted a future dystopia where:

-Education is leveled to a mediocre state to avoid hurt feelings
-The middle class is hollowed out, removing the primary champions of private excellence
-"Avoiding trauma" becomes the excuse to stop pushing students to their… pic.twitter.com/iepZ2KNuhM

— ThinkingWest (@thinkingwest) June 8, 2026

In 1942, C.S. Lewis predicted a future dystopia where:

-Education is leveled to a mediocre state to avoid hurt feelings -The middle class is hollowed out, removing the primary champions of private excellence -"Avoiding trauma" becomes the excuse to stop pushing students to their full potential

The obsession with perfect equality ends up destroying human greatness — and it’s fueled by state education, where schools become more like nurseries than academic institutions.

Seems like Lewis’s dystopia is already here.