Long term and serious structural unemployment caused by administration of massive doses of technology into a mature consumer capitalist society will force mass alienation to become subjectified and cause the inevitable overthrow of the present system. Throughout recorded history we have seen the replacement of successive forms of social organisation, each in some way purporting to advance the human condition. The social revolution which will depose capitalism is rapidly approaching, as the system can no longer answer the basic economic questions it must. Education must necessarily be affected by the fundamental changes which are postulated. In the short run, just as politicians representing the powerful regard political conservatism as the appropriate response, so reaction is seen by educational administrators as necessary to combat rapid change. This change appears to be heading towards a disruptive confrontation between the powerful few and the disenfranchised masses. However, if enough critically aware and like - minded educators can influence the education systems of the West, a peaceful revolution may be possible. To achieve a peaceful revolution, truly enlightened education must be allowed to occur. Classroom theory and practice must work towards a situation in which new meanings can be created.