☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agoStudent-Loan Debt Is Strangling Gen Xwww.wsj.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkStudent-Loan Debt Is Strangling Gen Xwww.wsj.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square8linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoliving nightmare fuel and proof that education will once again only be available to the highly privileged.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoWhich is a really weird strategy given that the US is becoming less attractive to foreign talent that’s traditionally been used to offset the need for making domestic education accessible.
minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agomaking the education that can make you question the ruling class more difficult to attain strikes me as evilly genius.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoKeeping workers just smart enough to extract value from is definitely part of the rationale, but you end up with unintended consequences. :)
living nightmare fuel and proof that education will once again only be available to the highly privileged.
Which is a really weird strategy given that the US is becoming less attractive to foreign talent that’s traditionally been used to offset the need for making domestic education accessible.
making the education that can make you question the ruling class more difficult to attain strikes me as evilly genius.
Keeping workers just smart enough to extract value from is definitely part of the rationale, but you end up with unintended consequences. :)