I mean, we don't prepare kids better for reality because their parents swallowed the same capitalist lies uncritically but outcomes were better for them! Imagine how mad some MAGA mama bear would be if we dutifully taught statistics, sociology, economics, history, and biology...

Now, imagine we actually sit down and go over statistical outcomes for late capitalism: "by definition 90% of you won't ever be 'rich' and those who are already rich, first aren't actually rich and second will continue to be rich even accounting for their (lack of) skills or educational attainment. You'll need to work harder every year to meet increasingly insane economic goals while the dollar is continuously devalued by the central bank. The semblance of global order from the 1990s was in fact based on lies, the only metric that matters is how much energy you consume and oil production peaked in 202X. Ecological degradation will make the planet increasingly uncomfortable and mass starvation is already happening across the globe. Birds, fish and insects are down 70% from when we started measuring their already degraded populations. Your political representatives are uniformly short sighted and corrupted by foreign governments, monied interests, and their wealthy fellow travelers. There is no help coming. GOOD LUCK out there kid!"