Education can solve all of our problems

Eliza
If you think about all of society's problems: rape, poverty, crime, environment issues, human rights issues, etc. you begin to realize that education can solve all of this. And then people don't want education (including higher education) to be free for everyone. Instead of bettering ourselves we continue to live in the dark ages rather than enjoy an era of enlightenment. Anyway what are your thoughts on education being the key to fighting the world's problems. Yay or Nay?