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socialistfuck  ·  4099 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why so few conservatives in education? (A lecture)

Is that necessary? Just because higher education becomes public doesn't mean you have to ration it. But even if we stuck to rationing higher education is it really worse than what we have now? Crushing student debt that amounts to over $1 trillion dollars?





b_b  ·  4099 days ago  ·  link  ·  

People go to college just to go to college. That is why there is crushing student debt. Don't get a PhD in English lit at a cost of $100,000 if you plan on being debt free in your life. Even expensive colleges are investments when purchased smartly.

socialistfuck  ·  4099 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"People go to college just to go to college."

Some do, sure. Do you have any statistics for what % of students are doing that?

"Don't get a PhD in English lit at a cost of $100,000 if you plan on being debt free in your life."

I don't think it's right to restrict what type of education one wants to perform based on what they are expecting to be paid after they graduate. A lot of education that may not be considered economically viable can still be useful.

b_b  ·  4099 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"Free is when you don't have to pay for nothing or do nothing. We want to be free!"

-Frank Zappa (from teenage wind)

socialistfuck  ·  4099 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Go on.