In a world rapidly shifting towards multipolarity, the once-unquestioned prestige of Western education and economic systems is crumbling. On September 25, 2023, during a segment on Sattology, I made a bold prediction: by the end of 2025, many Western elite universities, particularly in the Ivy League, would face bankruptcy or mergers due to the collapse of their flawed “classroom-to-job” model. I also warned of the increasing dangers for Indian students abroad, a prophecy that has tragically come true. Today, as we stand in May 2025, the signs are undeniable—Western education systems, visa regimes, and even the value of work experience are on the brink of a complete flip by 2030. Let me break this down.
The Illusion of Western Education: A Bogus System Built on Printed Dollars
The Ivy League universities—Harvard, Stanford, Brown, Columbia—have long been hailed as the pinnacle of education. But let’s face the truth: their entire system is a sham, sustained by printed dollars and federal funding, not by any real private sector merit. For instance, Brown University receives $254 million in federal funding, Columbia gets $1,329 million, Cornell $826 million, Dartmouth $143 million, Harvard $687 million, and MIT $648 million—all directly from the money-printing machine. This isn’t a private sector; it’s a facade of communism, propped up by a collapsing reserve currency, the US dollar. As I predicted, de-dollarization is unraveling this system, and these universities are now facing the consequences.
On January 16, 2025, headlines confirmed what I had foreseen: Harvard and Stanford graduates, despite applying to 1,000 jobs, remain unemployed. This isn’t a cyclical recession—it’s the final collapse of a model that has failed its students. The “classroom-to-job” promise, where parents are told their child will secure a career after 15–20 years of education, is broken. As I explained to education departments who approached me about my Sanatan Economics model, this system was never meant to educate—it was a colonization department designed by the British to create “useless products.” The British agenda was clear: colonize, Christianize, and secularize, not to provide skills or knowledge. Unfortunately, former colonies, including India, adopted this flawed format as their education system.
The Tragic Cost for Indian Students
The human cost of this collapse is heartbreaking, especially for Indian students. In September 2023, I warned that Indian students in the US and Canada would face danger, a prediction met with ridicule at the time. But since January 2024, the deaths have piled up—six Indian students killed in the last 45 days alone, with one injured, and not a single arrest made. When I challenged the authorities, asking how many German, Chinese, or British students had been killed in the same period, they had no answer. Instead, they dismissed the deaths as “accidents,” claiming no Indian students were targeted. But the numbers don’t lie, and neither does the testimony of Canada’s ambassador, who revealed that dead bodies of Indian students were being sent back from Canada every week.
I’ve been sounding the alarm for years: US schools and colleges are not safe for our children. Indian parents are spending ₹40–50 lakhs to send their kids abroad, only for them to face racism, unemployment, and even death. Messages from Indian students in the US reveal their despair: “The US dreams almost feel shattered at this point,” one wrote. Another said, “Mentally, it’s getting tougher and tougher,” with a backup plan to return to India for a ₹12 lakh package. These students, often funded by massive parental loans, are being betrayed by a system that offers no future.
The 2030 Flip: Rankings, Visas, and Work Experience
By the end of this decade, the global order will have transformed. I’ve been clear since 2023: university rankings, passport rankings, visa systems, and the value of Western work experience will flip entirely. After 2030, a Harvard degree will be worthless—so worthless that you’ll need to tear it up yourself before someone else does. Western work experience will carry no weight compared to Asian or Middle Eastern experience on a CV. The English language, often seen as a ticket to success, will lose its relevance as the West’s economic dominance fades. As I’ve said, “Nobody cares about the language of a poor country.”
This shift isn’t speculation—it’s already happening. Elon Musk and Sanjeev Sanyal, an advisor to the Prime Minister, have both tweeted about the declining value of paper degrees. Even Ajay Banga, head of the World Bank, has emphasized that he is a “Make in India” product, having completed all his education in India without a single course abroad. If the heads of global institutions are signaling this, what clearer proof do we need? External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has also advised Indian students to focus on work and remain flexible with visas, as the global visa regime will become fluid.
A Call to Reject the Colonized Mindset
The Prime Minister’s vision, first articulated when he was Chief Minister of Gujarat, is prophetic: one day, Americans will stand in line for Indian visas. He has warned NRIs to keep one foot in India, a warning echoed by my dream—a nation so prosperous that the West seeks us out. Yet, a colonized mindset persists. Indian students are still spending ₹30–50 lakhs to study abroad, only to end up delivering pizzas or walking 10 kilometers to menial jobs—jobs they’d never do back home, where they demand water from their mothers while lying in bed. This is the tragedy of a mindset that still believes “the West is the best.”
I urge parents: if you have ₹40–50 lakhs to spend, why not invest in entrepreneurship for your child in India? Why destroy their future for a degree that will be worthless by 2030? The West’s economic crisis is brewing, and with it, a wave of racism is already visible on social media. As the free money printing machine stops, the illusion of Western superiority will vanish, and NRIs will face the harsh reality I’ve been warning about.
The Path Forward: Skills Over Paper Degrees
The future lies in skills-based learning, not paper degrees. The Western “classroom-to-job” model, which began 400 years ago with the Pound as the reserve currency, cannot survive in a multipolar world. Unless you’re studying a truly rare domain unavailable elsewhere, a Western degree offers no value. Instead of wasting money abroad, invest in your child’s skills and potential here in India. As I told parents, investing in the stock market over your own child is a sign of a collapsed education system—don’t let your child become a victim of this failure.
My predictions from 2023 are coming true: Western universities are on the verge of bankruptcy, Indian students are facing unprecedented dangers, and the global order is flipping. The Prime Minister’s vision of a prosperous India, where the West seeks our visas, is within reach. Let’s reject the colonized mindset, focus on skills, and build a future where our children thrive on their own terms—not on the false promises of a crumbling Western system.