Why you should become a Bible-believing anarchist
who also believes the universe was created around 4004 B.C.
Gary North says the importance of the Scopes Trial was not evolution vs. creation, but populist control of public schools vs. control of schools by elites.
This certainly was an important issue, but not the most important lesson we can learn from the trial and the forces that orchestrated it.
The word "Populist" is used synonymously with "democratic." "Democracy" comes from two Greek words meaning "the people rule." In this case, "democratic" means "families get to determine how their children are educated." Un-democratic in this case means "experts" in distant bureaucratic agencies decide how your children will be educated. Thomas Jefferson contrasted "democratic" with "aristocratic."