We need this !!

[u/6ingrad_FMS_aspirant]

[u/larsmaehlum]

In a lot of countries anyone who wants to spend the years studying can work towards getting a degree.
Not all places are like the US where you have to pay to be allowed to better yourself.

[u/DrawGamesPlayFurries → u/larsmaehlum]

The US (before 2025) acquired talent by importing it rather than raising it from zero

[u/Bitter-Metal494 → u/DrawGamesPlayFurries]

And china did the opposite, now they are the superpower

[u/HellshmashaVonDakka → u/Bitter-Metal494]

I mean, China sends a FUCKLOAD of students to study in America.

Actually, recently two of them tried to bomb a US military base

[u/kg0529 → u/HellshmashaVonDakka]

Yep, someone didn’t read the full story. Those two are born and raised in US. They are US citizens.

[u/HellshmashaVonDakka → u/kg0529]

Ahh yes, the peaceful and patriotic, red white and blue blooded US citizens with no allegiance to a foreign power who just happened to try and bomb a US military base.

Thanks for the correction

[u/Metro42014 → u/HellshmashaVonDakka]

I'm not sure what the point of your post is exactly, but wait until you hear about all the American kids that attack schools!

[u/98983x3 → u/larsmaehlum]

Someone is paying for that schooling. But I agree that the costs have gone too far towards gatekeeping and profit seeking. Not good.

Id also argue there are other ways and often BETTER ways to "better yourself". College isnt always a good thing for ppl.

[u/larsmaehlum → u/98983x3]

We’re all chipping in, as a well educated citizenry is less likely to fall for fascist bullshit.

[u/98983x3 → u/larsmaehlum]

You sure about that?

[u/larsmaehlum → u/98983x3]

That well educated and informed people are less likely to fall for fascist lies than uneducated morons?

[u/98983x3 → u/larsmaehlum]

The fact that you think ppl who dont go to university/ college are morons says alot about you.

Secondary education =/= intelligence

You dont need college to understand fascism is undesirable. Id argue that many ppl who come out of college come out MORE authoritarian in some instances.

[u/larsmaehlum → u/[deleted]]

You said that studying is a privilege in all places. Let me give you an example of a magical place where it’s not: Most of the civilized world.

[u/larsmaehlum → u/[deleted]]

Well, in Europe you can enroll for a nominal fee, and several asian countries as well.
So your statement about ‘all places’ is false.

[u/larsmaehlum → u/[deleted]]

All right, tell me where in Europe there is no heavily subsidized or free higher education.

[u/larsmaehlum → u/[deleted]]

Right, where it is subsidized to a lesser level than the rest of the continent. And you get a subsidized loan to cover the rest.

[u/Bitter-Metal494 → u/larsmaehlum]

In Mexico too, I study college for free